Byker Wall

Byker Wall
Tom Collins House, Byker Wall Estate
Location in Tyne and Wear
General information
Location	Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Coordinates	54°58′30″N 1°34′41″W / 54.975°N 1.578°W / 54.975; -1.578
OS grid	NZ270645
Landlord	Byker Community Trust

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]