North East Manual

The front cover of Streets for All: North East which shows people walking through the market place of Alnwick, Northumberland The North East region is broadly defined as the area between the Pennines and the North Sea to the north of the Cleveland Hills. 70% of the population live in the industrialised conurbations along the rivers Tyne, Tees and Wear. This means that there is a distinctly rural hinterland and 13% of the region is designated National Park.  This diversity of places has produced a wide range of building types and settlement patterns from the contrasts of medieval Durham to the classical conformity of Grainger Town at Newcastle. These distinct characters have to be thoroughly understood if they are to be properly conserved.