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Bensham, Gateshead — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bensham is a suburban district of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, a terraced quarter marked out by Christ Church and the Church of St Cuthbert.
About Bensham
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Bensham is housing rather than hotels. Anyone booking a bed in this part of Gateshead is generally choosing the terraced grid for its quiet and for the short run into the rest of the borough, not for a room in the thick of things. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Christ Church give the walk its landmarks.
Beds sit thin on this ground.
About Bensham
What are the main landmarks in Bensham?
Bensham counts its landmarks in churches. The Church of St Cuthbert, the Church of St Chad, Christ Church, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Whitehall Road Methodist Church give Bensham five congregational buildings inside a district that is otherwise housing. One monument breaks the pattern.
The memorial to George Hawks holds a name Gateshead kept, and it is the district's single piece of commemorative stone rather than worship.
What is the history of Bensham?
Bensham grew as housing. Terraced building began in the closing years of the nineteenth century and carried on through the twentieth, so the district reads as street after street of dwellings rather than works or warehouses. The churches came with the streets.
Christ Church, the Church of St Cuthbert and the Church of St Chad take saints' and scripture names, while St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and Whitehall Road Methodist Church name their congregations outright. George Hawks is the name the district's memorial keeps.
Where is Bensham?
Terraced streets carry Bensham through the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England, past the Church of St Chad and Whitehall Road Methodist Church.
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Updated September 2026