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'''Gateshead''' is a town and municipal borough in north-east [[England]], on the south bank of the [[River Tyne]] opposite [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], to which is connected by several bridges. Its population is 191,000.

'''Gateshead''' is a town and municipal borough in north-east [[England]], on the south bank of the [[River Tyne]] opposite [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], to which is connected by several bridges. Its population is 191,000.

==Culture==

==Culture==

 

Gateshead Council has for many years pursued a policy of [[Culture-led regeneration]]<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure and Culture/Art/arthome.aspx</ref>. This policy culminated in recent years with the opening of the [[Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art]] in a converted grain warehouse, and the Sage Music Centre, on its formerly run-down quayside<ref>http://www.balticmill.com/</ref><ref>http://www.thesagegateshead.org/</ref>. The arts complex is surrounded by expensive apartments and is connected to the cafes, bars and hotels of Newcastle's quayside by a landmark opening pedestrian/cycle bridge, likened to an opening eye<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure and Culture/bridge/Background.aspx</ref>. Britain's largest sculpture, the [[Angel of the North]], by [[Antony Gormley]] is located in Gateshead<ref>http://www.antonygormley.com/home.html</ref>.

Gateshead Council has for many years pursued a policy of [[Culture-led regeneration]]<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure and Culture/Art/arthome.aspx</ref>. This policy culminated in recent years with the opening of the [[Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art]] in a converted grain warehouse, and the Sage Music Centre, on its formerly run-down quayside<ref>http://www.balticmill.com/</ref><ref>http://www.thesagegateshead.org/</ref>. The arts complex is surrounded by expensive apartments and is connected to the cafes, bars and hotels of Newcastle's quayside by a landmark opening pedestrian/cycle bridge, likened to an opening eye<ref>http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure and Culture/bridge/Background.aspx</ref>. Britain's largest sculpture, the [[Angel of the North]], by [[Antony Gormley]] is located in Gateshead<ref>http://www.antonygormley.com/home.html</ref>.

==Regeneration==

==Regeneration==

 

Regeneration of the town centre is likely to involve the imminent demolition of its most prominent landmark, a large [[brutalist]] multi-storey car park (1964-69), designed by [[Owen Luder]] and made famous by the film [[Get Carter]]<ref>http://www.riskybuildings.org.uk/docs/04gateshead/index.html</ref><ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6763067.stm</ref><ref>http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/o/aouq09/getcarter/carpark.htm</ref>

Regeneration of the town centre is likely to involve the imminent demolition of its most prominent landmark, a large [[brutalist]] multi-storey car park (1964-69), designed by [[Owen Luder]] and made famous by the film [[Get Carter]]<ref>http://www.riskybuildings.org.uk/docs/04gateshead/index.html</ref><ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6763067.stm</ref><ref>http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pipexdsl/o/aouq09/getcarter/carpark.htm</ref>