22 Facts About Carr Hill

Carr Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.

One of the less populous of the former villages that comprise the metropolitan borough, Carr Hill has a long history and was first developed by the Romans.

Industrial decline from the turn of the 20th century, coupled with the building of Gateshead's first council estate, saw Carr Hill transformed from an industrial settlement into a residential suburb of the Gateshead Council ward of Deckham.

Carr Hill by 1820 was a modern and populous village, situated on hill, still isolated from Gateshead and Felling.

Carr Hill House was the largest estate in the village; a freehold mansion house on Carr Hill Lane.

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Carr Hill House fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1921.

Carr Hill Reservoir survived until 1973, but by then the whole of Gateshead and Newcastle were supplied by the Newcastle and Water Company from Catcleugh and Whittle Dene in Northumberland and it had become redundant, and was covered soon after.

Carr Hill today is shaped by the housing development of the 20th century.

Carr Hill is in the council ward of Deckham in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

Carr Hill is part of the Westminster parliamentary constituency of Gateshead.

Carr Hill replaced Sharon Hodgson who successfully campaigned in the newly formed constituency of Washington and Sunderland West.

Carr Hill was part of County Durham until it was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead by the Local Government Act 1972.

Climate in Carr Hill is temperate like much of the north east of England.

Carr Hill Nook has a high proportion of lone parent households at some 19.

Carr Hill is an area of Deckham and a sub area of the town of Gateshead.

Carr Hill is in the south of the ward and is less ethnically diverse than Mount Pleasant and Central Deckham.

Carr Hill has only 70 VAT-registered businesses, compared to a borough average of 230.

Elgin Centre, on Elgin Road at the south–east boundary between Deckham and Carr Hill, provides "the key cluster" of community provisions for residents.

Principal roads in Carr Hill are Carr Hill Road to the south, Coldwell Lane in the east, and Nursery Lane, which bisects the suburb centrally.

Carr Hill is mainly served by Go North East's Quaylink Q1 and Q2, with buses running up to every 15 minutes to destinations including Felling, Gateshead, Leam Lane Estate and Wrekenton.

Carr Hill Primary is the only school in the suburb, after Elgin Secondary Technical School, built in 1962, was closed in the 1990s.

Carr Hill compares unfavourably with the wider Gateshead area in respect of adults with educational qualifications.