Sheriff Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the B1296 road 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Gateshead, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of the historic city of Durham. According to the 2001 UK census it had a population of 5,051.
Sheriffs Highway, Sheriff Hill
Malcolm III of Scotland was repelled by William the Conqueror at Sheriff Hill in 1068
The workforce at Fanny Pit, Sheriff Hill in 1921
A surviving reference to Sheriff Hill's pottery heritage at 124 Sheriff's Highway
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Felling, Birtley, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell. The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation, centred on Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2021 census, the borough had a population of 196,154.
Angel of the North
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
Old Town Hall: Council's headquarters 1870–1987