Rowlands Gill
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| Rowlands Gill shown within Tyne and Wear | |
| Population | 6,096 |
| OS grid reference | NZ165585 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROWLANDS GILL |
| Postcode district | NE39 |
| Dialling code | 01207 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
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Rowlands Gill is a village situated along the A694, between Winlaton Mill and Hamsterley Mill, on the north bank of the River Derwent, Tyne and Wear, England. Within Gateshead's greenbelt, the village has a picturesque setting with much open space and views across the valley to Gibside Estate, now owned by the National Trust.
With the coming of the Derwent Valley Railway in 1867, Rowlands Gill became an economically viable coal mining village, and later a semi-rural dormitory suburb of commercial & industrial Tyneside. An independent village within Blaydon Urban District Council, in County Durham, it became incorporated into the County of Tyne and Wear and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974.
In local government Rowlands Gill is located mainly within the ward of 'Chopwell and Rowlands Gill'. It is served by three councillors, all of whom are Labour councillors, except for the north end at Lockhaugh, which falls within the ward of Winlaton and High Spen, which is served by 2 Liberal Democrat councillors. Gateshead Council is Labour controlled.
Rowlands Gill is in the parliamentary constituency of Blaydon. The MP is Labour's David Anderson (UK politician).
The village has no licensed premises, other than the Vale of Derwent Working Mens Club, – when the Church of England sold its land for house-building at the end of the 19th century it stipulated that no ale houses were to be built. The Towneley Arms Public House pre-dated the village, being built in 1835 to serve travellers and their horses on the turnpike road through the valley. It was rebuilt in 1961 and due to lack of business, demolished in 2002 and replaced with dwellings. Persons requiring alcoholic refreshment would need to visit any of the numerous licensed establishments in any of the nearby villages. The village has a four doctor GP surgery and a dentist surgery. There are two barbers, two hairdressers, two art shops, a gym, a post office, a grocer, a florist, a pet shop, a garage, and an appliance shop. Also, a bank, two estate agents, an accountant, a bookmaker and a mortician.
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