High Fell is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, sitting a short drive from Gateshead town centre and Newcastle. It is mainly residential, with a mix of post‑war council housing, terraces and small local shopping parades, plus pockets of green space that give it a suburban feel within the wider Tyneside conurbation.
Like much of the area, High Fell was shaped by the North East’s industrial past and has seen post‑industrial change and regeneration efforts in recent decades. Socially and economically it contains a range of incomes and faces some deprivation in parts, but benefits from active community groups, local schools and decent transport links to employment and cultural centres along the River Tyne corridor.
Postcode districts covering High Fell
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne 5.1 miles
- Sunderland 6.7 miles
- Hartlepool 23.3 miles
- South Shields 7 miles
- Gateshead 0.8 miles
- Washington 3.3 miles
- Durham 10.5 miles
- Wallsend 5.2 miles
- Newburn 7.3 miles
- Whitley Bay 9 miles
- Houghton-le-Spring 7.5 miles
- Blyth 13.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Windy Nook and Whitehills Ward 0.6 miles
- Gateshead Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Chowdene Ward 0.9 miles
- Low Fell Ward 0.9 miles
- Deckham Ward 1.2 miles
- Springwell Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Felling Ward 1.5 miles
- Saltwell Ward 1.6 miles
- Washington West Ward 1.7 miles
- Pelaw and Heworth Ward 1.8 miles
- Wardley and Leam Lane Ward 1.9 miles
- Bridges Ward 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in High Fell
NE9 7BB, NE9 7DP, NE9 7BX, NE9 7UT, NE9 7DJ, NE9 6XY, NE9 7BA, NE9 7FA, NE9 6YB … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 8.6 miles
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 29.8 miles
- Heworth Station 1.5 miles
- Dunston Railway Station 2.9 miles
- Eldon Square bus station 3.4 miles
- Haymarket bus station 3.4 miles
Hotels near High Fell Ad
- INNSiDE Newcastle 4 2.8 miles
- Copthorne Hotel Newcastle 4 2.8 miles
- Crowne Plaza Newcastle - Stephenson Quarter 4 2.9 miles
- Staybridge Suites Newcastle 4 3 miles
- Maldron Hotel Newcastle 4 3.1 miles
- Motel One Newcastle 3 3.1 miles
- Vermont Hotel 4 2.8 miles
- Four Points Flex by Sheraton Newcastle 3 2.9 miles
- Hotel Du Vin Newcastle 4 2.8 miles
- Malmaison Newcastle 4 2.8 miles
Schools in High Fell
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead Secondary
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School Primary
- Glynwood Community Primary School Primary
- Larkspur Community Primary School Primary
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Primary
Local points of interest
- Gateshead International Stadium Stadium 2 miles
- Ravensworth Estate 2.6 miles
- Baltic Art Centre Museum 2.7 miles
- Holy Jesus Hospital Historic site 3 miles
- Life Science Musuem Museum 3.1 miles
- Barn at The Biscuit factory Museum 3.1 miles
- Discovery Museum Museum 3.2 miles
- Laing Art Gallery Museum 3.2 miles
- Eldon Square Shopping centre 3.3 miles
- St James' Park Stadium 3.5 miles
- Hancock Museum Museum 3.6 miles
- Segedunum Roman Fort Archaeological site 4.2 miles