Wills Building
The Wills Building is a well-known landmark in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was built in the Art Deco style as a cigarette factory in the late 1940s for W. D.Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: building in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wills‘ Tobacco Factory”
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cochrane Park and Benfield School.
Cochrane Park
Recreation area
Cochrane Park, located at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is the principal competitive venue for football, rugby and cricket at Newcastle University. It is named after Sir Cecil Cochrane who donated 20 acres of land to the university. Cochrane Park is situated 2,800 feet west of Wills Building.
Benfield School
School
Benfield School is a coeducational secondary school located in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Its pupils come from a large area of Newcastle's East and West ends including Byker, Heaton, Walker, Walkergate, Benwell and other areas of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Benfield School is situated 2,300 feet south of Wills Building.
Walkergate Metro station
Railway station
Photo: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walkergate is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between Tynemouth and St James via Wallsend. Walkergate Metro station is situated 4,000 feet south of Wills Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heaton and High Heaton.
Heaton
Suburb
Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heaton is a district and suburb in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England, two miles east of the city centre. It is bordered by the neighbouring areas of Walkergate to the east, Jesmond to the north west, Byker to the south, and Sandyford to the west.
High Heaton
Suburb
Heaton is a district and suburb in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England, two miles east of the city centre. It is bordered by the neighbouring areas of Walkergate to the east, Jesmond to the north west, Byker to the south, and Sandyford to the west.
Wallsend
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wallsend on Tyne is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It's industrial, with a population of almost 44,000 in 2011, and lies four miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It got its name as the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.
Wills Building
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.99613° or 54° 59′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.56228° or 1° 33′ 44″ westLevels
3Open location code
9C6WXCWQ+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 448451029OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q8022467
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