Only 1.2% of Great Britain is ancient semi-natural broadleaved woodland. An Inventory of Ancient Woodland (sites over 2 hectares in size which have been in existence and have had a continuous history of tree cover since at least 1600 AD) was begun in 1981, compiled by English Nature. The aim is to ensure the continuance of the woods, the preservation of their wildlife and landscape value and appropriate management. Ancient woods are a living record of the biological effects of practices such as coppicing and wood pasture management. The natural vegetation of ancient woods, the undisturbed soil and drainage patterns and their contribution to the landscape comprise an irreplaceable conservation asset which once destroyed can never be recreated {Cooke and The Nature Conservancy Council, 1987}.

Red-brick building by R.G. Pearson of White & Pearson of Newcastle, 1938-9. It was built for the strictly Orthodox community which grew up around the Gateshead Yeshivah (traditional religious seminary for young men) established in 1927-9 by European refugees. The foundation stone is dated 25 Tammuz 5698 (24th July 1938). There is a red and green Star of David roundel by over the Ark (plain timber cabinet), which bears the year of opening in Hebrew letters 5699 (1939). The other windows are clear glazed double-height round-headed windows. Inside, the gallery along the back wall is hidden by a glazed mehitzah (partition between the mens' and womens' section) made of little square lights set in a concrete frame. In front of the Ark is a shtender (lectern facing the Ark occupied by the prayer leader during services) decorated with a painted Shiviti (decorative plaque featuring the opening word from a verse in Psalm 16). The central bimah (reading desk) and benches face forward. It originally had a mikveh (Jewish Ritual Bath) attached which was rebuilt in 1986. The Gateshead Hebrew Congregation's synagogue was previously located at 79 Prest Street, then Corbitt Street. In 1909 it had 30 seats. Ritual Ashkenazi Orthodox, formed 1904. Archaeologically recorded in 2014 in advance of demolition and replacement with a new shul, community rooms and mikvehs.

This Victorian Cemetery (HER 9854) was opened as ‘Byker & Heaton Cemetery’ on April 24th 1890. A plot running north-south parallel with Benton Road was acquired by Jesmond Synagogue in 1915. The plot consists of four long rows of stones and is railed off from the rest of the cemetery. Entrance is through the ohel (prayer hall at burial ground, especially a small walk-in memorial to a deceased Hasidic rabbi) of 1922 on Etherstone Avenue, a white-washed building with slate roof. The first burial was of Etta Jackson on 3 October 1916. An extension and modern bet taharah (mortuary) have been added to the ohel at the rear.

Conversion of a Victorian Terrace (formerly a Diocesan Home for Girls, HER 10686) by Marcus Kenneth Glass in 1924-5. It was almost an entire rebuild. The houses had been left to the Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation. The building is cement rendered and painted cream with bands of red brick. Its façade has two tiers of tall round-headed windows and a doorway at the western end. The synagogue closed in 1969 and reopened as a design studio in 1981. The Luhot (Tablets of the Law, double-headed stone bearing an abbreviated form of the Ten Commandments) outside has been painted out. A large Star of David window over the main entrance remains however. Totally refurbished inside in 1997.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Site now covered by extension to Bishopwearmouth Cemetery.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition.

Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition. Includes a Jewish Burial Ground (HER 10844) and a Friends Burial Ground (HER 10846). The chapels, south lodge and various tombs are listed.

There are three Jewish sections in the cemetery. The earliest (1856-99) is at the north-east corner with Hylton Road (NZ 3743 5660). The second (1899-1926) is near the crematorium towards the west (NZ 3722 5631). The third (1926 onwards) is at the north-west corner (NZ 3703 5639). The red brick ohel (prayer hall at burial ground, especially a small walk-in memorial to a deceased Hasidic rabbi) with Hebrew inscription "BET MOED L'KOL HAI" (House of Meeting for All Living) is covered in graffiti.

This was a large purpose-built Beth Hamedrash (religious study hall often attached to a synagogue) or Synagogue. It is shown labelled 'Synagogue' on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch map of 1919 on the west side of Villiers Street South towards the southern end, but not on earlier or later maps. There is a photo of it on the JCR-UK website showing a two storey 4 bay brick building.
Sunderland's east end was in the late 19th century home to 1,000 Jewish immigrants, many from Krottingen in Lithuania. The first Beth Hamedrash (1891) was in Zion Street. In 1895 the congregation (Chevra Torah from 1891 to 1899) moved to Villiers Street North. In 1899 a new premises was built at Villiers Street South. In 1903 a new synagogue opened in Meaburn Street. In 1938 a new Beth Hamedrash was built on the corner of Mowbray Road and The Oaks (now demolished). The Ashkenazi Orthodox congregation was incorporated into the Sunderland Hebrew Congregation in 1984.

This single storey red brick building was built in 1936 before the opening of the Sunderland Beth Hamedrash (religious study hall often attached to a synagogue) in Mowbray Road in 1938 (now demolished).
The building was demolished c2017. Both the 'Synagogue', attached to number 8 Mowbray Road, and the Mikveh on the western side of the plot can be seen on the Ordnance Survey 1:1250 map of 1955. Photos of the Mikveh uploaded to Flickr in 2011 show the building in a dilapidated state prior to its demolition, with a plain red brick exterior, metal water tank on the east side, and tiled interior.