17 Facts About Blaydon

Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham.

Between 1894 and 1974, Blaydon was an urban district which extended inland from the Tyne along the River Derwent for ten miles, and included the mining communities of Chopwell and High Spen, the villages of Rowlands Gill, Blackhall Mill, Barlow, Winlaton Mill and Stella, as well as Blaydon and Winlaton.

Town of Blaydon is essentially an industrial area and is not more than two centuries old.

Little is recorded of medieval Blaydon, which appears to have been based upon the modern farm sites of High and Low Shibdon.

The Blaydon Burn Belts Corn Mill, part of a row of 5 or 6 water corn mills stretching from Brockwell Wood to the River Tyne is known to have been present by the early 17th century, suggesting a healthy population at that time.

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Blaydon Burn Coke Ovens, of 19th-century origin, were replaced in the 1930s by Priestman Ottovale Coke and Tar Works which was the first in the world to produce petrol from coal known as Blaydon Benzole.

Blaydon contains the following districts, some of them have been swallowed up by urban sprawl.

Blaydon was for a time the head office of Associated Cooperative Creameries .

Blaydon has a shopping centre, known locally as the precinct.

Nearest airport to Blaydon is Newcastle International Airport, which is located around 14 miles away by road.

Blaydon'storically, Blaydon was a major railway hub for both passenger and freight services.

Blaydon served as the eastern terminus of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, following the opening of the first section of the line in March 1835.

Blaydon is served by the Tyne Valley Line, with services currently operated by Northern Trains.

Blaydon is linked to Newcastle upon Tyne and the A1 to the east, by the A695, which used to pass through the centre of the town.

Blaydon area is the origin of the well-known traditional song "Blaydon Races", written by local musician and showman George 'Geordie' Ridley in 1862.

Since 2013 Blaydon has been host to Blaydon Cycle Club, meeting weekly and throughout the week catering from novice cyclists right through to having a race team competing in local and national events.

The Masonic Hall on Blaydon Bank was closed in 2015, with Lodge meetings transferring to Ryton Masonic Hall.