Byker Wall

Byker Wall
Tom Collins House, Byker Wall Estate
Byker Wall is located in Tyne and Wear
Byker Wall
Location in Tyne and Wear
General information
LocationTyne and Wear, England, UK
Coordinates54°58′30″N 1°34′41″W / 54.975°N 1.578°W / 54.975; -1.578
OS gridNZ270645

The Byker Wall is a long, unbroken block of 620 maisonettes in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They were designed by Ralph Erskine and constructed in the 1970s. The wall is just part of the estate, which in total covers 200 acres (80 hectares).[1]

  1. ^ "BBC - Tyne - History - Inside Byker redevelopment". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2015.