Gilley Law

Gilley Law

Infobox UK place
official_name= Gilley Law
country= England
region= North East England
map_type= Tyne and Wear
population= 1,500
latitude= 54.876
longitude= -1.4198
post_town= SUNDERLAND
postcode_area= SR
postcode_district= SR3
constituency_westminster= Sunderland South
metropolitan_borough= City of Sunderland
metropolitan_county= Tyne and Wear

Gilley Law is one of the smaller suburbs of Sunderland located in between the suburbs of Farringdon and Silksworth and is home to 1500 people. The area is now officially known as Lakeside Village but the old name persists amongst locals. The total area covered by the estate is less than one square mile. It was built as a council estate . Much of the housing in the estate has now been privately purchased and the only social housing areas left are the seven 16 floor tower blocks, which were built in the 1960s. These tower blocks are mostly home to elderly and retired people. The flats are undergoing expansion and modernisation. By the end of 2007, 4 blocks had been completed leaving 3 yet to be done. "Lakeside" is a reference to adjacent artificial lakes built on part of the site of the former Silksworth Colliery.


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