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British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South
In or near Benton.
British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Benton · 2.7 km
- Paid entry
About
British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Gas Council Engineering Research Station (ERS) was a former engineering research institute on Tyneside in England, situated in a distinctively-shaped and Grade II* listed building, now occupied by the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The nearby £750,000 glass-fronted Norgas House had been officially opened in Killingworth on 16 July 1965 by the wife of Sir Henry Jones, the chairman of the Gas Council. It was the headquarters of the Northern Gas Board. The computer could churn out two gas bills per second. There were 705,000 customers, 6,200 employees, and a turnover of £2.7 million. Sir Henry Jones combined the twelve gas boards into British Gas in 1973. The Northern Gas Training Centre was also in Killingworth. The Gas Council also built a main national control centre on Coventry Road in Hinckley, Leicestershire in 1972. Construction of the £650,000 natural gas control centre had begun in January 1969, being announced…
Architecture
The building was designed by Ryder & Yates in 1965, who also designed the Television Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne. Ryder and Yates had formed in 1953 in Newcastle. It was first announced in November 1965. It was built in anticipation of North Sea gas. Killingworth was a north-east new town, known as Killingworth Township. It was planned to open in the summer of 1968. It was built on the site of Killingworth Colliery. The modernist architecture is developed from Le Corbusier and Berthold Lubetkin.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0365, -1.5815
- District
- North Tyneside
- Parish
- North Tyneside, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE12 6QQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Established
- 1967
- Nearest railway station
- Benton — 2.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17534687 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gas Council Engineering Research Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South?
- British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE12 6QQ), in the parish of North Tyneside, unparished area.
- What is British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South?
- British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South?
- The nearest railway station is Benton, about 2.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE12 6QQ.
- When was British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South built?
- Built or established in 1967.
- Who owns British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South?
- British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South is owned by British Gas, Northern Gas Board.
- Is British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South a protected site?
- Yes — British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to British Gas Research Station Including Attached Restaurant Block To South?
- The nearest railway station is Benton, about 2.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE12 6QQ.