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Byker is an inner city electoral ward in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It is in the east of the city, south of the Heaton area and north of St Peter's. Byker Metro station serves the area. The area also contains the Byker Wall estate. The population of the ward is 11,339 which is 4.4% of the city's total. Car ownership stands at 35.4% much lower than the city average of 54.7%, however, the cars are 97.1% of executive class. Property prices in the ward average at £194,000 The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... Heaton is located in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, approximately 2 miles from the City Centre. ... Byker Metro station is located in Byker, an area in the east-end of Newcastle upon Tyne. ... The Byker Wall is the name given to a long unbroken block of 620 maisonettes in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...


In the 1960s Newcastle City Corporation took the decision to redevelop the Byker area. Originally it was a Victorian working-class area of densely-built terraces. Much of the housing needed major repair and some was considered unfit for human habitation (many lacked bathrooms), yet most residents wanted to stay in Byker, an area close to industry on the riverside. Newcastle council aimed to clear the slums but keep the community.


Architect Ralph Erskine was appointed as the architect in 1969 for the new Byker. The development was run as a "rolling programme" so local people could continue living in the area during the building work. Residents were involved in the design process and it is thought the outstanding success of Byker was as much to do with this as its innovative architecture.


New leisure and shopping facilities have been brought to the Shields Road area. There are street wardens operating in Byker to preserve the low level of crime. Education and employment initiatives operate to maintain the high level of economic growth. The central and garden village (South Byker) areas of Byker and the Ouseburn Valley have recently been granted listed status thereby ensuring the preservation of this excellent example of the built environment.


Byker was the setting of the BBC TV series Byker Grove. However, the youth club featured in the series was actually The Mitre in the Benwell area in the west end of Newcastle. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Byker Grove was a British childrens television series shown originally on BBC One and now on the CBBC Channel, and was created by Adele Rose. ... The Mitre is situated in the Benwell area in the west end of Newcastle Upon Tyne. ... Benwell is located in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...

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Education

The ward has two primary schools St. Lawrence RC Primary School and Byker Primary School which are both equipped with excellent nursery facilities.


Recreation and leisure

Most of these facilities are in the bordering ward of South Heaton such as the East End Pool & Library on Corbridge Street. Open green spaces in the ward are expansive. Byker ward also hosts the UK Villages in Bloom gardening competition which takes place in every four years.


Boundary

Byker ward stretches from the Fossway and Millers Road in the north of the ward to the banks of the River Tyne in the south. It heads south onto the Shields Road bypass (A187) and continues along the A193 bypass along Shields Road to the Ouse Burn. It turns south down the Ouse Burn to the River Tyne and follows the river east, turning northwards to the west of the properties on The Oval (and excluding the Bakewell Terrace properties). Heading east along Walker Road, the boundary then turns north up Staines Road and continues north through Kingston Avenue. It turns west along Dunstanburgh Road, and then north between Welbeck Primary School grounds and the properties on Allendale Road. It turns east along Welbeck Road, then north up Scrogg Road, east at Middle Street, and north along Langley Road. The boundary then runs along the gardens at the back of Whinneyfield Road before turning west down the Fossway.


Charts and tables

Age group Number
Under 16 2,385
16-24 1,266
25-44 3,306
45-64 2,623
65-74 916
75+ 844
Ethnicity Number %
White 10,897 95.9
Afro-Caribbean 49 0.4
South Asian 260 2.3
Chinese 40 0.4
Other 123 1.1

The ward has 5,794 housing spaces of which 0.7% are vacant this is much lower than the city average of 5.3%. Owner occupied property stands at 81% much higher than the city average of 53.3%. The properties are as follows.

Property type Number %
Detached 2,216 38.1
Semi-detached 1,170 20.1
Terraced 234 4
Flats 2,180 37.5
Other 0 0

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Byker Grove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (640 words)
Byker Grove is a British children's television series which is shown on BBC One, and was created by Adele Rose.
Byker Grove launched the careers of Ant McPartlin (character name P.J.) and Declan Donnelly (character name Duncan) and who are otherwise known as Ant and Dec, as well as the actress Jill Halfpenny, Donna Air and CBBC presenter Andrew Hayden-Smith.
Byker Metro station and other landmarks in the real Byker (such as the famous architecture that is the Byker Wall and surrounding estate) are used for filming backdrops.
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