Felling, Tyne and Wear

The name of Felling is recorded as early as 1217 and, in 1920, was said to refer to a clearing where woods and trees were felled.Mawer, 1920: 83–84 Since there are no other places in Britain which bear this name, despite country-wide tree felling, it is much more likely to be because it lies on the eastern descent of a Fell, which rises from Team Valley in the west to Low Fell, then still rising to High Fell, before descending down to the Tyne through Felling. Ing is a place name ending which means "the people of". In the 13th century, the Prior of Durham enfeoffed Sir Walter de Selby a manor at Felling "to hold by homage, fealty, knights' service, two marks rent, and suit at the prior's every fortnight".Mackenzie & Ross, 1834: 22 The estate then passed to Walter's son, Adam, whose own son forfeited the estate the manor upon his death, whereupon it was passed to Ralph de Applingden.Surtees, 1820: 85 In 1331, the manor was granted to Sir Thomas Surtees by Bishop Lewis Beaumont, who passed it to his son Alexander and whose own son, Thomas, inherited the estate in 1400 when he was only 20 weeks old. Thomas lived only 35 years, but is notable for having been High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1422.Surtees, 1820: 86 The estate continued to pass through the Surtees family until 1509, when the last surviving member of that family died.

There followed a period of extensive litigation as the future of the considerable Surtees estate, which also included Low Dinsdale Manor near Darlington, was contested between the families Brandling, a staunchly Royalist and Catholic family, Blaxton and Wyclyffe.Newman, 1993: 56Surtees, 1820: 86–87 While several elements of the estate where divided by share, in 1509 the entire manor of Felling was granted by Deed of Partition to Robert Brandling and his heirs "for life and to the total extinction" of any other claims.Surtees, 1820: 87

Brandling duly lived at Felling with his wife Anne. He became sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1524, was mayor of Newcastle five times and was knighted by the Duke of Somerset at Mussleburgh. When he died in 1568, the estate passed to his brother Thomas.Mackenzie, 1825: 470 In 1605, Thomas' grandson, Robert Brandling, inherited the manor. Robert Brandling was granted Newminster Abbey by King James in 1610, served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1617 and was in 1621 elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth.Hodgson, 1832: 414 When he died in 1636, the estate passed to his son, Sir Francis Brandling. Francis was also an MP, albeit for Northumberland, between 1624 and 1625 though he abandoned Felling in favour of residence at Alnwick Abbey.Browne Willis, 1750: 192 He died in 1641 and was succeeded by Charles Brandling, a cavalry colonel who also resided at both Felling and Alnwick. Charles had two brothers. The older of which, Ralph, was killed at the Battle of Marston Moor,Burke, 1852: 136 while the second brother, Robert, also participated in the English Civil War and was captured in an otherwise successful Royalist engagement at Corbridge in February 1644 after which he switched sides and fought for the Roundheads; an action which earned him the reputation as "a very knave" which he carried until his death in 1669.

By the turn of the 18th century, Felling consisted of little more than the large Brandling estate and a small scattering of tiny farming villages.Hewitt (part three), 1990: 1 However, Ralph Brandling, the incumbent of the Brandling estate at that time, had come to realise the value of the rich coal deposits on his estate and began drift mining around 1670.Namier, 1995: 113 He initially found the large coal seams under his estate difficult to extract due to their depth, and indeed it was imported coal from Newcastle-upon-Tyne which saw the development of more extensive industries in salt, glass and chemicals which began to attract workers to the area. At around 1750, a large copper-works was opened at the banks of the River Tyne; the first such works to be developed on the river.Lewis, 1848: 227Mackenzie & Ross, 1834: 24 Encouraged by these developments, Ralph Brandling's son, Charles Brandling,Charles Brandling (1733–1802) was another member of the family who became an MP, this time for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1784. See Namier, 1995: 113–14 firstly commissioned more extensive mining of near-surface coal on his estate and then, encouraged by the discovery of several strata below his estate, began boring operations in 1758 to allow ultimately for deeper coal extraction.Baldwin, 1823: 502 at col.1{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/f002.htm|title=Felling Colliery|author=Unknown|publisher=Durham Mining Museum|date=2 August 2012}} The result was the opening of Felling CollieryAlso known as "Brandling Main" in 1779, working on the High Main stratum at a depth of 125 fathoms. A brown paper mill was also opened in 1798.

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File:John Pit Felling.jpgOn 19 January 1811, the original High Main seam at Felling Colliery was closed, but by that time the colliery had grown enormously.Baldwin, 1823: 502Terminology: A colliery is a coal mine. A pit is a one shaft forming part of a colliery. The colliery was deepened to reach the Low Main seam. Two shafts were provided: John Pit and William Pit.Hodgson, 1999 The Low Main and began operation in October 1810. Disaster struck Felling Colliery on 25 May 1812 when, despite the colliery containing the most up-to-date safety measures,Baldwin, 1823: 503 at col.1 firedamp ignited and at around 11.30 am, "one of the most tremendous explosions in the history of coal mining took place". Two explosions rocked the colliery, the blast appearing in both pits. A cloud of coal dust and debris over a radius of a mile and a half was ejected from the colliery.Baldwin, 1823: 504 at col.2 One account recalled:

Immense quantities of dust and coal rose high into the air in an inverted cone...In the village of Heworth, this cloud caused a darkness like that of early twilight and covered the roads so thickly that the footsteps of passengers were deeply imprinted in it. As soon as the explosion was heard, wives and children of the workmen ran to the pit. Wildness and terror were pictured in every countenance. The crowd soon collected to several hundreds, some crying out for a husband, others for a parent or a son, and all affected by a mixture of horror, anxiety and grief.Baldwin, 1823: 503–04

Following the first blast at 11:30, rescue attempts started at 12:15. At 14:00 the second blast occurred and no further rescues occurred. Some 29 men were saved, but the remaining 92 men and boys were killed. Two days later the decision was made to seal the colliery to starve the fire of oxygen. Just one year later, on 24 December 1813, a further catastrophe occurred:

About half-past one o'clock on the morning, an explosion took place in Felling colliery, by which nine men and thirteen boys were hurried into eternity, several others severely burnt, and all the underground horses but one destroyed. The accident occurred at the time of calling course, or when one set of men were relieving another. Several of the morning shift men were standing round the mouth of the pit, waiting to go down, when the blast occurred, and the part who had just descended met it soon after they had reached the bottom of the shaft; these were most miserably burnt and mangled.Richardson, 1844

The 200th anniversary of the first disaster was commemorated in Felling on 25 May 2012 by a parade from St Mary's Church at Heworth to the place of the entrance to the colliery at Mulberry Street.{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2012/05/26/parade-for-the-felling-pit-victims-72703-31050419/|title=Parade for the Felling pit victims|author=Katie Davies|publisher=Newcastle Evening Chronicle|date=26 May 2012}} (Retrieved 2 August 2012)

File:Coal Staithes, Felling Shore.jpg File:Felling old OS1.gifIn spite of the disaster, Felling continued to grow and by the time of the explosions the character of Felling had changed substantially. There now existed three distinct villages. Around two miles south east of Gateshead lay High Felling; a residential village in the township of Heworth which had attracted several Wesleyan and Methodist preachers.Whellan, 1856: 804 Slightly to the north lay Low Felling. This was a more heavily industrialised village, containing Felling colliery, a large chemical works and other manufacturers, though in 1834 it was noted that there also existed "a few neat houses and many cottages for the colliery which, with small gardens attached, give an aspect of comfort to the village".MacKenzie and Ross, 1834: 22 At the north and on the bank of the River Tyne, a populous manufacturing and trading village had developed known as Felling Shore, spreading across three miles of the bank of the Tyne. A Methodist church was built there in 1805. This was accompanied by several shops and four public houses frequented predominantly by seamen and workers at the adjacent quay, coal staithes and ship building works where vessels of excellent quality were built. Industry continued to flourish here; the copperworks established in the 18th century still operated and had expanded, an oil and a paper mill had also developed, along with forging works for anchors and shovels.

In 1827 the Friars Goose Chemical Works was opened by Anthony Clapham. In 1834 a second large chemical works was established by Hugh Lee Pattinson, John Lee and George Burnett;"Pattinson, Hugh Lee". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2012. it soon employed around 300 men.{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/felling/2012/01/01/ten-interesting-facts-about-felling-72703-30939585/ |title=Ten interesting facts about Felling |publisher=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |author=Unknown |date=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202093036/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/felling/2012/01/01/ten-interesting-facts-about-felling-72703-30939585/ |archive-date=2 February 2013 }} (Retrieved 3 August 2012) Grindstone quarries produced high quality stone and a brownware pottery under Mr. Joseph Wood had opened for business. In 1842, Brandling Station was opened at Mullbery Street in Felling on the Brandling Junction railway linking Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland.Herapath, 1839: 402 This is one of the oldest passenger stations in the world.Tindle, 2011: 11

By around 1870, Felling had reached its industrial peak. Historian John Marius Wilson noted:

FELLING, a large village and a chapelry in Jarrow parish, Durham. The village stands on the Northeastern railway, 1½ mile SE of Gateshead; increased recently from two hamlets to its present condition; is maintained by factories and by mining operations; connects with Felling-Shore, a coal-shipping place on the Tyne; and has a post-office under Gateshead, a r. station, a church built in 1866, four dissenting chapels, and a Roman Catholic chapel. The chapelry was constituted in 1866. Population 5,105. The living is a vicarage. Value, £300. Patrons, Five Trustees.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=520|title=History of Felling, County Durham|author=Unknown|publisher=A vision of Britain through time|date=2 August 2012}} (Retrieved 3 August 2012)

File:Felling derailment 2007.jpg File:Gateshead 1975.jpgThe industrial heights proved reasonably short-lived. By 1860, improvements to access along the River Tyne only served to highlight the better sites on the Tyne bank and so shipbuilding at Felling Shore began to decline. This decline was hastened by the limited space at Felling dock, which could not reasonably be extended and so progress enjoyed elsewhere was never matched at Felling.Hewitt (part three), 1990: 1 at para. 5 At around the same time, the chemical industry began to stall as bigger and more efficient competitors overtook their Felling counterparts. The industrial decline was matched by continuous residential growth, so that by the Victorian era those industrial elements which survived were met by a large sprawl of housing from the south where High and Low Felling had effectively merged.GVA, 2006: 11 at para. 2.2

At 10:52 am on 26 March 1907, an express passenger train travelling from Heworth signal box derailed on the approach to Felling station.Druitt, 1907: 68 The cause was a combination of a sharp frost in the morning and unseasonal heat later in the day which saw the track expand and kink.Druitt, 1907: 70 The derailment, which saw all bar two carriages rolled over entirely, cost two passengers their lives, with eight more seriously hurt and a further 34 suffering minor injuries such as shock.

The decline of heavy industry, meanwhile, continued apace. In 1932 the large chemical works at Felling Shore closed and was left derelict, leaving behind a 2 million tonne heap of spoil. Felling Colliery, the oldest and most extensive of all Felling's industry, had changed hands numerous times after the Brandlings finally sold their stake in the 1850s and ultimately closed in 1931 with the loss of 581 jobs. Fairs boat yard at Felling Shore had been sold in 1919 and became Mitchison's ship yard, but this too closed in 1964.

In place of industry came housing. The high density terraced housing which had accompanied the industrial boom of the 19th century had sprawled south and was soon joined by a wave of development at the run of the 20th century.GVA, 2006: 11 at para. 2.3 The earlier housing came at Stuart Street, Temple Street and Helmsdale Avenue in the form of Tyneside flats.GVA, 2006: 13 at para. 2.9 In the inter-war years, whole derelict industrial areas were cleared and large council estates of semi-detached houses, with front and back gardens, were built at the Old Fold, Stoneygate, Brandling and Nest estates.GVA, 2006: 13 at para. 2.10 By the time that Felling ceased to be an independent town and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974, Felling had become a "dormitory area" and remains so today.Hewitt (part three), 1990: 1 at para. 8

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There are two principal economic areas in Felling. The first of these is at Felling Shore, where the East Gateshead Riverside Park was built in 1966 and which, combined with the Felling Shore industrial estate, today houses 241 businesses employing around 6,400 people. The second is in central Felling in the town centre area around Victoria Square. The town centre has seen massive investment over recent years, with the complete redevelopment of the main shopping centre and addition of a new Asda superstore, a Greggs bakery, Card Factory shop, Subway sandwich outlet and a local taxi business. Other amenities include a Post Office, Heron Foods store and several bookmakers, as well as 4 public houses and fast food outlets.NPSD, 2006: 44–45 at para. 4.39NPSD, 2006: 45 at para. 4.43

In June 2015, a KFC was opened on a former Car Wash Site nearby to the Heworth Metro Station.

The Felling Health Care Centre is the main source of General Healthcare for the town's population, and houses St Alban's medical group and Crowhall Medical Group. The GP surgery also has a small Boots pharmacy in addition to the larger Boots store in the town centre.

Felling has one small dentist practice located on the B1426 main commuter road that connects Heworth to Gateshead town centre

Levels of unemployment in Felling are high. Only 52.4% of the total working age population are in employment, as compared to 61.7% in the borough overall. Around 10% of residents claim Jobseeker's Allowance; this is double the Gateshead average and is the highest figure in the borough.FWF, 2012: 2 Youth unemployment levels are also very high at 14%, which compares to a borough average of 9% and is also the highest figure in Gateshead. The average income of residents is only £18,000 per annum; this compares to a Gateshead average of £27,000 and is the lowest figure in the borough.FWF. 2012: 3

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Felling, at latitude 54.950° N and longitude 1.564° W, lies less than {{convert|1|mi}} south and east of Gateshead town centre on a bed of carboniferous sandstone and clay, interspersed with coal measures laid down around 300 million years.Hewitt (part two), 1990: 2 It is split bilaterally by the Felling By-PassNPSD, 2006: 30 at para. 2.96 to the north and by Sunderland Road more centrally.GE06, 2008: 4 The distance from Felling to London is {{convert|255|mi}}.

The urban expansion of Gateshead makes exact overall boundaries difficult to define. Although administratively considered one area, official documentation has split Felling into three distinct neighbourhoods: North, Central and High Felling.GE01, 2008GE06, 2008GE08, 2008 Felling North is roughly comparable to the old settlement at Felling Shore, bounded to the north by the River Tyne and the south by Sunderland Road.GE01, 2008: 5 The other neighbourhoods also broadly follow their historical boundaries; the central area includes Felling town centre and the surrounding streets, while High Felling incorporates Coldwell Lane and the adjoining streets moving south towards Windy Nook.GE06, 2008: 5GE08, 2008: 5

File:St John's Lane, Felling.jpgFelling lies on land which is steep at the riverbank but which initially flattens at the north then begins to climb,GE01, 2008: 2 with some slope south to north centrallyGE06, 2008: 2 before consistently sloping, at times steeply, in High Felling. At the south-west corner, the land reaches a maximum height of around {{convert|130|m}} above sea-level.GE08, 2008: 2

Felling is now largely bordered by settlements which are part of the metropolitan borough. These are Windy Nook to the south, Deckham and the town of Gateshead to the west and Heworth and the Leam Lane Estate to the east. To the extreme north, Felling is bounded by the River Tyne, the largest river in the North East of England. This affords very good views into Newcastle upon Tyne.NSPD, 2006: 26 at para. 2.90

Land use is mixed. The land to the extreme north adjacent to the river is mostly industrial, split by the Felling By-Pass.NPSD, 2006: 29 at para. 2.97 The land south of the By-Pass towards the town centre is predominantly residential and includes the Nest, Brandling, Stoneygate and the Old Fold estates.NPSD, 2006: 29 at para. 2.98 Centrally the land is mixed between residential properties and the largely commercial use at Crowhall Lane and Victoria Square.NPSD, 2006: 44 at para. 4.38 At High Felling, land use is predominantly residential but there is around 25% green-space, including a park, cricket ground and urban open space to the south at Albion Street.

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In 1843, High Felling, Low Felling and Felling Shore were independent villages in the Chapelry of Heworth, along with High and Nether Heworth, Bill Quay, Windy Nook, Carr Hill, Wardley and Follingsby.Hewitt (Part two), 1990: 3–4 In 1894 the first Felling Urban District Council sat at Felling. The council "was the offspring of that ancient township and inherited its customs, its local government, its land and its people", so that all of those villages combined to become the town of Felling.Hewitt (Part one), 1990: 1 In 1902, the council moved to new administrative buildings at Sunderland Road, known thereafter as Felling Town Hall.Tindle, 2011: 7 The urban council administered the Felling District until its final meeting, concluded with a rendition of the Hokey cokey, on 28 March 1974, when Felling was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead by the Local Government Act 1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrfta.org.uk/explore/nrfta/19954.html|title=Felling Urban District. Last Meeting of the Council|author=Unknown|publisher=Northern region Film and Television Archive|date=28 March 1974|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224123356/http://www.nrfta.org.uk/explore/nrfta/19954.html|archive-date=24 December 2012|df=dmy-all}}Manders, 1973: 26

Immediately prior the creation of the metropolitan borough, Felling was an independent town but improved housing elsewhere and better transport links have seen the area decline in stature so that, today, Felling is simply a council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.Arkenford, 2010: 60 It is approximately {{convert|3|km2}} in area and has a population of 8,202.FWF, 2012: 1 It is represented by three councillors. In June 2012, they were Bill Dick, Paul McNally and Sonja Dickie.{{cite web|url=http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/Councillors/Ward_Info.aspx?WardID=10|title=Ward Information– Felling|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|date=12 July 2012}} All three councillors are members of the Labour Party, and despite some UKIP support in the mid-2010s, the area is nearly monolithic in its support of Labour.

Felling is part of the Westminster parliamentary constituency of Gateshead. It was previously in the Gateshead East and Washington West constituency which was abolished by boundary changes before the 2010 UK General Election.Author Unknown, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/954/gateshead-east-and-washington-west "Gateshead East and `Washington West"], The Guardian (Retrieved 17 June 2012) For many years the MP was Joyce Quin, who retired on 11 April 2005 and was awarded a life peerage into the House of Lords on 13 June 2006Author unknown, [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/joyce_quin/gateshead_east_and_washington_west "(Profile) Joyce Quin"], They Work For You. Retrieved 14 April 2012 and is now Baroness Quin.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} The present MP Ian Mearns, is a member of the Labour party and his office is in Gateshead.Author unknown, [http://www.ianmearns.org.uk/ "Contact Ian Mearns"], IanMearns.Org. Retrieved 16 April 2012 He replaced Sharon Hodgson who successfully campaigned in the newly formed constituency of Washington and Sunderland West.Author unknown, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e95.stm "Election 2010– Washington & Sunderland West"], the BBC Online. Retrieved 14 April 2012 In the 2010 UK General Election, Mearns was elected with a majority of 12,549 over Frank Hindle. The swing from Labour to the Liberal Democrats was 3.9%.Author unknown, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b81.stm "Election 2010– Gateshead"], the BBC Online. Retrieved 14 April 2012. Felling is in a safe Labour seat. Mearns' success in 2010 followed of Sharon Hodgson, who in the 2005 UK General Election polled over 60% of the votes castAuthor unknown, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2005/flash_map/html/map05.stm "Election 2005"], the BBC Online. Retrieved 14 April 2012 while in 2001, Joyce Quin was returned with a majority of 53.3%.Morgan, 2001: 67

According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Felling has a population of 7,299—51.5% of the population are female, slightly above the national average, while 48.5% are male.{{cite web| url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadPage.do?pageId=1004&tc=1463679865484&a=7&b=13689581&c=felling&d=14&e=15&f=24&g=6357396&i=1001x1003x1032x1004x1005&l=47&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1463679865484&enc=1| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161011001704/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadPage.do?pageId=1004&tc=1463679865484&a=7&b=13689581&c=felling&d=14&e=15&f=24&g=6357396&i=1001x1003x1032x1004x1005&l=47&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1463679865484&enc=1| archive-date = 2016-10-11| title = Check Browser Settings}} Only 2.3% of the population were from a black or other minority ethnic group (BME), as opposed to 9.1% of the national population. The average life expectancy is 71 years for men in Felling and 75 years for women. These compare unfavourably to borough averages of 76 and 81 years respectively.

The proportion of lone parent households varies hugely across the area; in High Felling the figure is 11.5%, in Central Felling it is 12.2% but in North Felling the figure is 22.3%. The latter is the second highest figure in Gateshead and all compare with a borough average of 11.5%.NPA, 2008: 14NPAN, 2008: 14 A similar pattern emerges as regards households with dependent children; in Central and High Felling the proportions are low at 16.6% and 23.1%, while in North Felling the figure 34.8%. These compare to figures to 29.5% nationally and 28.4% in Gateshead.NPA, 2008: 15NPAN, 2008: 15 The Index of Multiple Deprivation, which divides England into 32,482 areas and measures quality of life to indicate deprivation, splits Felling into several areas and in 2010 listed North Felling, Old Fold, Sunderland Road and Falla Park in the top 10% of all deprived areas in England in 2012.

In 2011 however, there was a massive population increase from 7,299 a decade earlier to 8,908. The ethnic minority population has also increased, with 7.7% of the ward being from an ethnic minority.

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Felling, like nearby Deckham, is a rapidly growing area with more and more people from other countries settling in the area.

The suburb is bisected principally by the A184. Built in 1959, the road is commonly referred to as the Felling By-pass, though it "is really nothing of the kind", as the road splits residential areas of Felling almost neatly in half.per Bernard Conlan, former MP for Gateshead: H/C Deb. "Felling Bypass", 14 December 1965. An online version may be available [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1965-12-14a.1210.0 here courtesy of 'They Work For You'].

By road, Gateshead can be reached in around 10 minutes, and Newcastle upon Tyne in around 15 minutes.

Until the building of the Felling By-pass, the principal road in the settlement was Sunderland Road. A former turnpike road and tram route, where civic and commercial buildings still stand as a testament to the road's past importance,GVA, 2006: 11 at para. 2.5 Sunderland Road still remains an integral local distributor today.GVA, 2006: 27 at para. 7.2

Felling is served by the Tyne & Wear Metro, with the station located between Sunderland Road and Mulberry Street.{{cite web|url=http://www.nexus.org.uk/metro/stations/felling|title=Metro Stations: Felling|author=Unknown|publisher=Nexus|date=July 2012}}NPSD, 2006: 46 at para. 4.47 The station itself is described in one official document as "unwelcoming and even intimidating."GVA, 2006: 27 at para. 7.4

The Metro provides a regular service to Newcastle City Centre, with services running up to every 6 minutes (7–8 minutes during the evening and Sunday) between Pelaw and South Gosforth, increasing to up to every 3 minutes at peak times.

The nearest rail station is Heworth, with Northern providing a generally hourly service to Newcastle, Metrocentre & Hexham heading west, and Sunderland, Hartlepool & Middlesbrough heading east.

Felling is served by a number of bus routes, running in and around the Gateshead area.

Sunderland Road is served by Go North East's 27 service, with a frequency of every 15 minutes running between South Shields and Newcastle upon Tyne.

Felling Square is served predominantly by Go North East's local bus services, with routes running in and around East & West Gateshead, as well as Newcastle upon Tyne.

Local bus services from Felling Square (as of October 2024) can be seen below. Stops A & B are located on Crowhall Lane, with stops C & D on Coldwell Street.

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees. Television signals are received from the Pontop Pike TV transmitter{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Pontop_Pike|title=Full Freeview on the Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=9 December 2023}} and the Fenham relay transmitter.{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Fenham|title=Full Freeview on the Fenham (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=9 December 2023}}

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Newcastle, Capital North East, Heart North East, Smooth North East, Greatest Hits Radio North East and Hits Radio North East.

The town is served by the local newspaper, Evening Chronicle.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-ne/evening-chronicle/|title=The Chronicle|date=13 September 2013|website=British Papers|accessdate=9 December 2023}}

In 1963, Felling was twinned with Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France. When it was absorbed into Gateshead in 1974, the twinning arrangement was transferred to Gateshead.{{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/People%20and%20Living/twinning/stetienne.aspx|title=Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|date=July 2012|access-date=13 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406085340/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/People%20and%20Living/twinning/stetienne.aspx|archive-date=6 April 2009|url-status=dead}}

File:Felling Council Offices, Sunderland Road, Felling, Tyne and Wear (geograph 1966169).jpg]]A number of listed buildings are located in and around the town centre. Arguably the most significant is Crow Hall, a Grade II* listed building,English Heritage list entry number 1355083, listing NGR: NZ2788461605 is an early 18th-century sandstone and ashlar, one-room deep building at Crowhall Lane.Pevsner, 1983: 271 The adjacent Crow Hall Cottage and gate piers are Grade II listed buildings.English Heritage list entry number 1025181, listing NGR: NZ2786561605English Heritage list entry number 1184918, listing NGR: NZ2787661577 At Victoria Terrace stands Felling post office; a two-story course sandstone building with quoins and a Welsh slate roof.{{NHLE|num=1025187|desc=Felling Post Office|year=2004|access-date=13 July 2012}} Close by is the Imperial Bingo Club, built as a dance hall in 1927 and converted to a bingo hall in 1930, at Victoria Square.{{NHLE|num=1185123|desc= Imperial Bingo Hall|year=2001|access-date=13 July 2012}} Both are Grade II listed buildings.English Heritage list entry number 1025187, listing NGR: NZ2764361785English Heritage list entry number 1185123, listing NGR: NZ2761961794

Also a Grade II listed building is Ardallan; the first house built at Holly-Hill field in Felling constructed of sandstone and with three sash windows.English Heritage list entry number 1184953, listing NGR: NZ2769461818{{NHLE|num=1184953|desc=Ardallan|year=2000|access-date=13 July 2012}}

The gates, gate piers and walls are also Grade II listed.English Heritage list entry number 1355085, listing NGR: NZ2768861800 Almost immediately next door stands a house and shop at 35 Davison Street; another Grade II listed building.English Heritage list entry number 1184922, listing NGR: NZ2772561820

Travelling north, the old Town Hall building at Sunderland Road is a Grade II listed building.English Heritage list entry number 1299836, listing NGR: NZ2780561971 Built in 1902 and designed Henry Miller, the Felling U.D.C surveyor, this is another ashlar and sandstone building in the Baroque style.{{NHLE|num=1299836|desc= Gateshead District Housing Offices, Sunderland Road|year=2004|access-date=13 July 2012}} The five piers and lamp-holders guarding the town hall are also Grade II listed.English Heritage list entry number 1355088, listing NGR: NZ2781361983 The Brandling Junction railway building, now an urban studies centre, has been restored and is also a Grade II listed building.English Heritage list entry number 1299895, listing NGR: NZ2763762116 At the extreme north of the town at Riverside Park, the former engine house of Tyne Main Colliery, built in 1820, is also a Grade II listed building.English Heritage list entry number 1248567, listing NGR: NZ2752363148

File:St Patrick's Church, Felling - geograph.org.uk - 70789.jpgThere are two churches in Felling which are also listed buildings. Christ Church, at Carlisle Street, is a Grade II listed buildingEnglish Heritage list entry number 1184901, listing NGR: NZ2777962300 built in 1866 by Austin and Johnson.Pevsner, 1983: 270 Built in the early English style, there are two stained glass windows, added in 1874, and the north aisle was completed in 1903 by J Potts and Son. The church has been in continuous use since opening and today the Anglican church continues to offer religious worship and contributes to the local community through a variety of outreach programmes.{{cite web|url=http://www.christchurchfelling.org/about|title=Christ Church Felling– About|author=Unknown|publisher=Christ Church Felling|date=15 July 2012}}

Also a Grade II listed church is the Church of St Patrick at High Street.English Heritage list entry number 1184932, listing NGR: NZ2766261950 A Roman Catholic church built between 1893 and 1895 by Charles Walker of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, St Patrick's is a "bold though towerless" sandstone, slate and ashlar building with considerable ornamentation to the exterior though the interior is considered "roomy but uninteresting".{{cite web|url=http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1184932&searchtype=mapsearch|title=List Entry Summary–The Church of St Patrick|author=Unknown|publisher=English Heritage|date=15 July 2012|access-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224102716/http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1184932&searchtype=mapsearch|archive-date=24 December 2012|url-status=dead}} Officially opened on St Patrick's Day in 1895, the church is a replacement for the older St Patrick's RC Chapel at Felling Shore.{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/felling/2012/01/01/ten-interesting-facts-about-felling-72703-30939585/ |title=Ten interesting facts about Felling |author=Unknown |publisher=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |date=1 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202093036/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/communities/felling/2012/01/01/ten-interesting-facts-about-felling-72703-30939585/ |archive-date=2 February 2013 }} (date. Retrieved 15 July 2012) The church presbytery is also a Grade II listed building.English Heritage list entry number 1025182, listing NGR: NZ2768861959

File:Bedding flowers at Felling Park, Gateshead - Geograph 1966223.jpg File:Gateshead Stadium - geograph-1116309.jpg File:Geograph-1965945-by-Andrew-Curtis.jpgThere are four principal parks. Arguably the most notable is Felling Park, a landscape park which envelops the old Town Hall buildings at the eastern end of Sunderland Road and the Holly Hill area. Opened in 1910, this park contains an open bandstand at the centre (but was taken down due to vandalism), tennis courts and a bowling green and a traditional children's play area.Green, 1995: 43 In the area leading uphill from Sunderland Road to the park there are numerous bedding plants which "brighten up Sunderland Road every spring". Felling Park was locally listed as of special local historic interest by Gateshead Council in 2004.Quinn, 2004: 13 Sunderland Road Park is at the western end of Sunderland Road approaching Gateshead town centre.Tindle, 2011: 8 This park is a former cemetery and at the front stands a Victorian water fountain replete with a religious inscription.Tindle, 2011: 4 Built in 1895, the fountain had fallen victim to vandalism in recent years but this "important local landmark" was restored in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.gatesheadhousing.co.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=988|title=Restoration work springs fountains back to life|author=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Housing Company|date=29 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420084736/http://www.gatesheadhousing.co.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=988|archive-date=20 April 2013|df=dmy-all}} (Retrieved 7 August 2012) Also in Felling are Bede Community Park; a large, open space park at the centre of the residential development at Old Fold Road which contains a traditional play area{{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/regeneration/GreatplacestoliveFelling.pdf|title=Great places to live...Felling|author=Tindle|publisher=Gateshead Council|year=2011|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706141011/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/regeneration/GreatplacestoliveFelling.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2015|url-status=dead}} at p.4. Retrieved 7 August 2012 and Heworth Welfare Park; a smaller park to the south at Colpeth which also has a children's play area, installed in 2006, and an outdoor bowling green.{{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Council%20and%20Democracy/news/News%20Articles/Game%20On.aspx|title=Game On|author=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|date=25 May 2006|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706134231/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Council%20and%20Democracy/news/News%20Articles/Game%20On.aspx|archive-date=6 July 2015|url-status=dead}} (Retrieved 7 August 2012){{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Leisure/LeisureCentres/GetActiveBooklet.pdf|title=Get Active– Going for Gold edition|author=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|date=January 2012}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at p. 16. Retrieved 7 August 2012

The principal leisure facility in Felling is the Gateshead International Stadium. The original stadium was opened in 1955, on land reclaimed from chemical dereliction and at a cost of £30,000, by Jim Peters and contained a running and cycling track.Telford, 1988: 80{{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/sports1/facilities/GIS/history.aspx|title=Gateshead International Stadium– A Sporting history|publisher=Gateshead Council|author=Unknown|date=7 August 2012|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520220405/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/sports1/facilities/GIS/history.aspx|archive-date=20 May 2011|url-status=dead}} The stadium was fitted with a synthetic running track in 1974 and was subject to major expansion in the 1980s, when football, rugby and hockey pitches were added along with an indoor sports hall and weights room. Said to have been the original driver of urban regeneration in Gateshead, the venue has hosted various world class athletics events, including the European Cup in 1989 and 2000Gateshead International Stadium is the only venue to have hosted that tournament twice. It is also slated to hold the event again in 2013; see {{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/calendar/calendar-2012-2015.html?task=view&id=7851|title=European Athletic– Calendar 2013|publisher=European Athletics|author=Unknown|date=7 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917173127/http://www.european-athletics.org/calendar/calendar-2012-2015.html?task=view&id=7851|archive-date=17 September 2012|df=dmy-all}} and also the British Grand Prix, a Diamond League meet, between 2008 and 2010.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/7289795.stm|title=Gateshead sees Grand Prix boost|author=Unknown|publisher=BBC|date=11 March 2008}} (Retrieved 7 August 2012){{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=101/newsid=49541.html|title=IAAF to launch global Diamond League of 1 Day Meetings|author=Unknown|publisher=IAAF|date=2 March 2009}} Two sporting clubs are currently based at the stadium. These are Gateshead Harriers, an athletic club who count the present triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards in their past alumni,{{cite web|url=http://www1.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/36/jonathan-edwards-jumped-at-the-chance-to-support-olympic-hopeful-at-lottery-funded-gateshead-stadium/|title=Jonathan Edwards jumped at the chance to support Olympic hopeful at Lottery funded Gateshead Stadium|author=Unknown|publisher=The National Lottery|date=13 October 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224011226/http://www1.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/36/jonathan-edwards-jumped-at-the-chance-to-support-olympic-hopeful-at-lottery-funded-gateshead-stadium/|archive-date=24 December 2012|df=dmy-all}} (Retrieved 7 August 2012) and also Gateshead F.C. who currently play in the {{English football updater|Gateshea}}.

Other leisure facilities include the Keelman's Way, a 14-mile designated cycle and walking route which stretches from Wylam station to Bill Quay and which passes along the riverbank at Felling Shore.Tindle, 2011: 12 Named from the keelboats used to transport coal from the various collieries in the area, the route was extended into Newburn in 2012 when a Gateshead blue plaque was laid in memory of its creator, Councillor Roy Deane.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18433400|title=Keelman's Way cycle route link opened in Roy Deane's memory|author=Unknown|publisher=BBC|date=14 June 2012}} (Retrieved 7 August 2012) Also at Felling Shore, at Green Lane, is Friar's Goose marina{{cite web|url=http://www.northumbria.police.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/news_releases/details.asp?id=31704|title=Appeal for witnesses after damaged boat sinks|author=Unknown|publisher=Northumbria Police|date=7 September 2010}} and the adjacent Friar's Goose Water Sports Club, a privately owned and increasingly popular club predominantly attended by middle-aged patrons who undertake various activities such as sailing, yachting and angling on the River Tyne.Simpson, 2008: paras. 9–12Harris, 2009: paras. 10–12 Felling Cricket Club has been based at High Heworth Lane at Felling since 1961 and compete locally.{{cite web|url=http://www.fellingcc.co.uk/about/history/|title=History– Felling Cricket Club|author=Unknown|publisher=Felling Cricket Club|year=2011|access-date=10 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420020506/http://www.fellingcc.co.uk/about/history/|archive-date=20 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}

Felling is served by a number of primary schools. Colegate Community primary school, at Colegate West,Pringle, 2010: 1 is a satisfactory school with well behaved pupils who make satisfactory progress.Pringle, 2010: 5–6 Falla Park Community primary school on Falla Park Road is an average sized school where the number of pupils entitled to free school meals is well above the national average.Bennett, 2011: 3 This is a good school where pupils perform consistently well at key stage two.Bennett, 2011: 5–6 Also a good school is The Drive Community primary school; a smaller than average school which achieves good results despite being located in an area of "considerable social disadvantage".Gilbert, 2011: 2Keenleyside, 2007: 3 To the north, at Mulberry Street, lies Brandling primary school; another good, smaller than average-sized school.Cochrane, 2011: 1–3 Bede Community primary school, at Old Fold Road, is in an area with a "high incidence of social and economic deprivation" with a very high proportion of children entitled to free school meals and with learning difficulties.Dower, 2007: 3 Here children do not achieve as well in examinations but instead enjoy a high level of personal development and so, according to the latest OFSTED report, this too is a good school.Dower, 2007: 4

Roman Catholic school provision is also provided at Old Fold Road by St Wilfrid's R.C. primary school. This small school, which includes a specific provision for traveller families, is satisfactory according to the latest OFSTED report.Pringle, 2011: 3–4 Alternative Catholic school provision had been available at St John the Baptist R.C. primary school, which also served Felling at Willow Drive but was closed down due to lack of pupils in the summer 2011 after 74 years of operation. The school is now a Jewish girls school.Davies, 2011: 1–4

Secondary school provision was previously provided by Thomas Hepburn Community Academy at Swards Road.Northern, 2011: 1 The school previously had around 700 students enrolled and the number of students entitled to free school meals was more than twice the national average.Northern, 2011: 3 The latest inspection declared this to be a "satisfactory and improving" school where over 70% of students obtain 5 or more grade A* – C in GCSE examinations and where those children from economically deprived backgrounds achieve better than similar children nationally.Northern, 2011: 4 The school closed in 2019.

Overall, levels of academic achievement in Felling are low. Only 59% of adults have 5 or more GCSEs at grade A* – C. This compares to a borough average of 80% and is the lowest figure in the borough. The figure falls to 33% when GCSE English and Mathematics are included; this is the second lowest figure in Gateshead and is lowered only by neighbouring Deckham. 28% of school pupils have a special educational need; the highest figure in the borough and 8% higher than the Gateshead average.FWF, 2012: 3

File:Chris Waddle 2012.jpgFelling has a long history of producing professional footballers. Arguably the most notable of these is Chris Waddle.Richards, 2011 at para. 1 Waddle, born 14 December 1960 and a lifelong Sunderland supporter,{{cite web|url=http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/one-on-one/221/article.aspx|title=One on One: Chris Waddle|author=Unknown|publisher=Four Four Two|date=October 2008}} was a professional footballer who played for Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Marseille and Sheffield Wednesday, and won 62 caps for England. Despite winning three league titles in France and playing in the 1991 European Cup Final, the skillful winger is probably most remembered for missing England's fifth penalty in the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Chris-Waddle-article1303.html |title=Chris Waddle: Wing wonder who proved a bigger hit in the Top 40 than from 12 yards |author=Unknown |work=Daily Mirror |date=July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003215426/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Chris-Waddle-article1303.html |archive-date=3 October 2012 |df=dmy }}Harris, 1990

Other footballers include Albert Watson, born in Felling in 1903, who made 373 appearances for Blackpool F.C. Watson is most remembered for scoring the "£10,000 goal" which saved the club from relegation in the 1930–31 season.Calley, 1992: 22 Peter Wilson was born in Felling in 1947Smyth, 2010 at para. 8 and emigrated to Australia in 1968 after failing to break into the first-team at Middlesbrough F.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/halloffame/Peter-Wilson/654|title=Hall of Fame: Peter Wilson|author=Unknown|publisher=Football Federation Australia|year=2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120743/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/halloffame/Peter-Wilson/654|archive-date=17 May 2014|df=dmy-all}} (Retrieved 13 July 2012 Wilson, an uncompromising defender, made 64 appearances for Australia, including captaining the side during the 1974 World Cup finals. A "fascinating character", he lives HAPPILY near Wollongong, Sydney and has adopted the "Bikers Code" of not speaking to the press until they acknowledge his nation building efforts for Australian Soccer.Reuters, 2006

File:David Almond photograph.jpgAuthor David Almond was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1951 and spent his childhood in Felling.Crown, 2010 His 1998 work Skellig reflected the loss of his baby sister when he was a child growing up and was a critical success; winning the Carnegie Medal and Whitbread Book of the Year.Jones, 2008 at paras. 1–5Crown, 2010 at para. 2 Now a "staple in secondary schools",Jones, 2010 at para. 3 Skellig was adapted into film and opera in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2008/09/30/david_almond_feature.shtml|title=Profiles: David Almond|author=Unknown|publisher=BBC|date=14 April 2009}} (Retrieved 13 July 2012) Almond has since released several other works to critical acclaim, including Kit's Wilderness, The Fire Eaters and Clay.Crown, 2010 at para. 6

Also a resident of Felling was Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson. Born in Carlisle in 1881, Thomson's mother returned to her native Tyneside soon after his birth and settled at Low Felling, where he attended school.{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/education/about-us/maps-estates-history/history/godfrey-thomson|title=Godfrey Thomson|author=Various|publisher=the University of Edinburgh|date=24 February 2011}} (Retrieved 13 July 2012) Thomson graduated from Kings College, Newcastle, becoming a Professor in 1920 and ultimately moving to the University of Edinburgh as Professor of Education in 1925.Drever, 1955: 494 An expert in psychometrics, he devised numerous groundbreaking tests for children, which were widely used in the 1920s, and published several books, including Instinct, Intelligence and Character (1924) and A Modern Philosophy of Education (1929). Thomson's death in 1955 was described as a "great loss to psychology".

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• {{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/regeneration/DiscoverFelling.pdf|title=Discover Felling|last=Tindle|publisher=Gateshead Council|date=March 2011|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830172909/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/regeneration/DiscoverFelling.pdf|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/People/genie/census/factsheets/March2012/01-Jan-2012-Felling.pdf|title=Felling Ward Factsheet|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|year=2012|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830222642/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/People/genie/census/factsheets/March2012/01-Jan-2012-Felling.pdf|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}} (FWF)
• {{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/PlanningPolicy/Evidence/UrbanCharacterAssessment/East/CentralFelling.pdf|title=GE06– Character Description Central Felling|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|year=2008|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830181604/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/PlanningPolicy/Evidence/UrbanCharacterAssessment/East/CentralFelling.pdf|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}} (GE06)
• {{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/PlanningPolicy/Evidence/UrbanCharacterAssessment/East/NorthFelling.pdf|title=GE01– Character Description North Felling|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|year=2008|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830183220/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/PlanningPolicy/Evidence/UrbanCharacterAssessment/East/NorthFelling.pdf|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}} (GE01)
• {{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/PlanningPolicy/Evidence/UrbanCharacterAssessment/East/HighFelling.pdf|title=GE08– Character Description High Felling|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|year=2008|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830182057/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Building/PlanningPolicy/Evidence/UrbanCharacterAssessment/East/HighFelling.pdf|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead}} (GE08)
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• {{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/People/genie/AreaProfiles/intro/felling.pdf|title=Neighbourhood Profile East – Felling|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|date=November 2008|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831112937/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/People/genie/AreaProfiles/intro/felling.pdf|archive-date=31 August 2012|url-status=dead}} (NPA)
• {{cite web|url=http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/People/genie/AreaProfiles/intro/nfelling.pdf|title=Neighbourhood Profile East – North Felling|last=Unknown|publisher=Gateshead Council|date=November 2008|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831112330/http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/People/genie/AreaProfiles/intro/nfelling.pdf|archive-date=31 August 2012|url-status=dead}} (NPAN)

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