Hawkey's Lane, salt water swimming bath

HER Number

17078

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Hawkey's Lane, salt water swimming bath

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Swimming Pool

Site Type: Specific

Outdoor Swimming Pool

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Originally a reservoir in which members of Tynemouth Amateur Swimming Club (founded in 1875) were allowed to swim from 1907 onwards. During 1908-9 unemployed men were used by Tynemouth Corporation to build a pool. The swimming club left in 1969 and the pool was demolished soon afterwards.

Easting

435796

Northing

568498

Grid Reference

NZ435796568498

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 188