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Sunniside is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, which is located around from
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. Prior to the creation of the county of
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in 1974, it was part of Whickham Urban District, which in turn formed a part of
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. Sunniside has a busy Front Street, with a collection of pubs, shops, and amenities. The village is surrounded mainly by farmland, with plantations of trees to the east, whilst also neighbouring the villages of
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,
Marley Hill Marley Hill is a former colliery village about six miles to the south west of Gateshead, near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974. Prior to this it was part ...
and
Whickham Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was formerly governed under the histo ...
. The village is mostly housing, with older terraced properties situated near to the shops, and large housing estates built from the 1960s onward radiating from this area. It has a large park to the north of the village, next to Burnthouse Lane. Attractions near to the village include
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and
Tanfield Railway The Tanfield Railway is a heritage railway in Gateshead and County Durham, England. Running on part of a former horse-drawn colliery wooden waggonway, later rope & horse, lastly rope & loco railway. It operates preserved industrial stea ...
. The A692 road runs directly through the centre of the village and is used by many transport companies as a direct route to the town of Consett: this road carries some of the heaviest traffic through the borough of Gateshead daily. There have been a lot of private housing developments in the village of Sunniside, between 2017 and 2021, leading to increases in population and traffic. Sunniside has one of the highest rates of community council tax in the country (including London)


Demography

The data below shows that 51.4% of the population in Whickham South and Sunniside are female, which is above the national average , as well as being above average within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead . A total of 2.6% of the population were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group in Whickham South and Sunniside. This figure is significantly lower than that of the average in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead , as well as the national average . Data from the
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found that the average life expectancy in Whickham South and Sunniside is 82.3 years for men, and 86.2 years for women. These statistics compare very favourably, when compared to the average life expectancy in the
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, of 77.4 and 81.4 years, for men and women respectively. Car ownership is significantly higher than the average within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead , as well as the national average , with a total of 82.2% of households in Whickham South and Sunniside having access to at least one car.


Education

In terms of primary education, students attend the nearb
Clover Hill Primary School
an
Fellside Primary School
in
Whickham Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was formerly governed under the histo ...
, as well a
Sacred Heart Primary School
in
Byermoor Byermoor is a village near Burnopfield and Sunniside in England. The village has a population of around 100 and contains a school (Sacred Heart) and a church. The village sits on the South side of the A692 on a ridge overlooking the Derwent Valley ...
.
Whickham School and Sports College
provides secondary education in the area, along wit
Emmanuel College
in
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an
St. Thomas More Catholic School
in Blaydon.


Governance

Whickham South and Sunniside is a local council
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in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. This ward covers an area of around , and has a population of 8,313. , the ward is served by three councillors: John McClury, Jonathan Charles Wallace and Marilynn Ord. The village is in the
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of
Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...
, and is served by Labour Party
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,
Ian Mearns James Ian Mearns (born 21 April 1957) is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gateshead since the 2010 general election. He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus. Early ...
.


Transport


Air

The nearest airport is
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, which is around away by road.
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and Carlisle Lake District Airport are around by road respectively.


Bus

Sunniside is served by eight buses per hour to
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and
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, with six buses per hour to Gateshead and three buses per hour to
Consett Consett is a town in County Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in 2019. History Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. Its' name originates in the ...
, as well as a half-hourly service to Whickham and Metrocentre.


Rail

The nearest
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stations are located at MetroCentre and
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.


Road

The main road through the village is the A692, which runs from the A68 at
Castleside Castleside is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the south-west of Consett. The village centre is located on the main A68 road which runs between Edinburgh and Darlington and the village crossroads allow e ...
to the A1 at Lobley Hill.


References


External links

* {{authority control Villages in Tyne and Wear Gateshead