The Community History

Explore the rich history and heritage of your community through our collection of articles, photographs, and local stories.

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A row of brick bungalows with dormer windows and hedged front gardens along a residential street

8 September 2026

The Callerton Lane Bungalows

By the 1930’s motor cars were becoming a familiar part of everyday life, especially in towns and suburbs.

Black and white aerial photograph of farmland with a small circular structure and radiating tracks in the centre of a field

8 September 2026

From Direction Finder to Family Home

This large modern house at the end of Elm Road just off Rotary Way started life as a Second World War Direction Finding Station.

Black and white aerial photograph of farmland and a village, with a yellow ellipse marking an open field beside a road

8 September 2026

The Field Ponteland United Played On

This field down Callerton Lane used to be used as Ponteland United’s football ground.

A 1960s two-storey school building in dark brick with long window bands and a rooftop clock tower, seen across the grass

8 September 2026

Ponteland High School, Demolished in 2021

Until its move and subsequent demolition of the old building in 2021, this was the site of the forty-year-old Ponteland High School It was one of the two…

A single-storey brick school entrance with red doors, noticeboards and Ofsted Outstanding banners on the wall

8 September 2026

From Middle School to Primary

Ponteland Community Primary School started life as Ponteland County Middle School over forty years ago.

A small brick fire station with a red roller shutter door and an adjoining single-storey office block

8 September 2026

The Fire Station and Lane House Farm

Until its demolition in 2020, this site down Callerton Lane was where Ponteland’s Fire Station stood.

Black and white photograph of a crowd of people in coats and hats gathered outside a modern flat-roofed sports centre at its opening

8 September 2026

The Sports Centre Wolfenden Built

The Wolfenden Report on Sport and the Community had a huge effect on the provision of sporting facilities in this country.

Architect's visualisation of a modern three-storey apartment block with orange pantiled roofs and balconies, seen across a lawn

8 September 2026

Athol House: Sheltered Housing Rebuilt

One of the latest redevelopment projects down Callerton Lane in recent years has been the replacement of the 1980’s Athol House Sheltered Accommodation.

A stone Methodist church with a large traceried window and a modern rendered extension, on a street corner

8 September 2026

Methodism and the Stobert Brothers

The story of Methodism in Ponteland is a long one. It began in the early years of the 19th century with the two Stobert brothers from Horsley moving here…

A red brick house and adjoining shopfront with sash windows and a painted bay window, standing on the roadside

8 September 2026

Ash House, Ponteland's Former Post Office

Just as you enter Ponteland along the Newcastle Road, there are two interesting blocks of old buildings on the southern side of the road between the…

Modern detached brick houses with garages and a landscaped rockery garden on a 1980s cul-de-sac

8 September 2026

Fairney Edge, Built Along the Burn

Fairney Burn is a small tributary of the river Pont that runs along the eastern edge of Ponteland.

Modern detached brick houses with garages and clipped hedges on a 1980s estate cul-de-sac

8 September 2026

Eland Haugh: The Estate Bellway Waited

Bellway the builders bought a 12-acre site from Eland Hall Farm in 1975.