Ryton Heritage Group

Ryton Heritage Group

The purpose of this group is work with Gateshead Council to maintain heritage sites around the Ryton Ward, to develop and deliver publications about local rights of way to protect the same, and to promote events, records and structures regarding the history and development of Ryton.
If you are interested in joining this group, please contact our secretary, Beck Skoyles Using the contact form below.
We have regular meeting at the cricket, usually on Tuesday evenings at 7pm.
Officers of the group meet at the cricket club every Tuesday.
In 2026 we plan to:
Invite local schoolchildren to record in verse their personal thoughts about the 1826 Stargate Mining Disaster, and present prizes.
Commemorate the Stargate Mining Disaster with a memorial service in Holy Cross Church on Saturday 30th May 2026
Produce a Commemorative booklet recording the event of the day of the explosion.
To relocate the 1880 cross which stood on Cross Green for over 70 years and erect an information board in our Heritage Garden with the story of Ryton Cross over the centuries.
To stage a memorial lecture, telling the story of the Stargate Disaster in Stargate Hall on 22nd May 2026.