The Changing Face Of Battle Hill
Battle Hill in Wallsend has undergone massive changes in the last few years, with the demolition of the old shopping centre (as shown in the slideshow) and the building of a brand new shopping center situated on the opposite side of Battle Hill Drive, where the old Battle Hill flats once stood.
We start the slideshow unfortunately with pictures of the only entrance to Battle Hill from the Holy Cross part of Wallsend which is an under path which it seems is frequented by vandals and absolutely rubbish graffiti artists.
Lets hope the vandals are being targeted by the “right people” as the success of the new Battle hill shopping complex will in part depend on the visits of many potential customers from the Holy Cross.
We will of course keep the slideshow updated as well as the section as and when “significant” improvements have been made.
Where Is Battle Hill?
Battle Hill is to the north of Wallsend town centre & stretches from the 1058 coast road through to the Rising Sun country park.
As the name suggests it is built at the highest point of Wallsend, however the only other link we can find, which gives us a hint as to why it is called Battle Hill is that there was once a field appropriately enough called ”Battle Hill Field”.
5 comments
Marie
May 6, 2012 at 7:47 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Bottle house? Is that a house made of bottles, in the shape of a bottle or did it make bottles?
The Tynesider
May 6, 2012 at 4:02 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I think it is probably because thatch for the cottage roofs was/is usually tied tightly in what are called ‘wads’ or “bottles”. But i look forward to being corrected
Darren Hogg
October 15, 2011 at 9:58 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
As it happens battle hill is named because it was an old settlement of thatched bottle houses and not because of a battle as so many assume. Originally called bottle hill , other settlements similar include walbottle and shilbottle however spelling has been lost over time,(quite common in those times)
The Tynesider
October 16, 2011 at 11:47 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Brilliant.
thanks for the info Darren
geraldine livingstone
January 16, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
What is the history of Battle Hill and why did it get its name?