Roker, Roker Park Model Boat Club

HER Number:
17071

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Roker, Roker Park Model Boat Club

Place:
Roker

Map Sheet:

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Club

Site Type: Specific:
Yacht Club

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C21

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Formed in 2005. The vast majority of model boat clubs date from the introduction of cheap and efficient radio control kits from the 1970s, and the wider availability of kit-form or ready-made boats. In the 1950s the North East Coast Regatta was staged at Roker Park.

Easting:
40463

Northing:
59018

Grid Reference:
NZ4046359018

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 162