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Windy Nook, Gateshead — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Windy Nook is a district of Gateshead on steep, sloping ground, with the Church of St Alban and Crow Hall among its older names.
About Windy Nook
Where to stay in Windy Nook
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Windy Nook is a place to live, not a place to book. The slope keeps its streets given over to housing, and anyone taking a bed here does it for the quiet around Crow Hall and for a quick road down into Gateshead or on to Newcastle upon Tyne. Rooms are rare.
Whitehills Estate and Leam Lane Estate carry the same character across the boundary.
About Windy Nook
What are the main landmarks in Windy Nook?
Two churches and two houses. The Church of St Alban and the Church of St Patrick hold the dedications, and Crow Hall and Field House are the named properties that give Windy Nook its short list of buildings worth stopping for. Four buildings, and Windy Nook's register is spent.
Nothing else in the district carries a name of its own on the record.
What is the history of Windy Nook?
Heworth held Windy Nook first. The district was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead when that borough was formed on 1 April 1974, and the ward it shares with Whitehills carries both names together. Crow Hall and Field House keep names the map held through those changes.
The Church of St Alban and the Church of St Patrick were raised for congregations on this sloping ground, and they stay the district's fixed points.
Where is Windy Nook?
Carr Hill, Felling, Sheriff Hill and the Leam Lane Estate border Windy Nook, a steep, sloping pocket of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.
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Updated September 2026