Photographs Of Newcastle: Spillers Quay & Malmo Quay

Spillers and Malmo Quay are on the Quayside either side of where the Ouseburn enters the Tyne. Malmo Quay is to the west of the Ouseburn and Spillers Quay to the east.

Malmo Quay, also called Corporation Quay, was named after the area where ships from Scandanavia docked when the Quayside was a busy port.

Spillers Quay was named after the giant flour mill that was built in the 1930's and was the home of flour production in until production ended in 2007 and it was demolished by 2011. Since the Spillers Quay has been an occasional event space but largely a car park.

Many plans for the site have been submitted over the years and came to nothing and the latest, in 2021, plans were submitted for houses and commercial spaces on Spillers and Mamlmo Quay. More than 1,500 objections were made against the originally proposed 18-storey complex at Malmo Quay. Developers PfP-igloo went back to the drawing board and has now published images of a "more modest" 10-storey tower. Nearing the end of 2024 and there is no sign of anything being built.

24th December 2024

Fisherman at Spillers Quay.

Gulls at Spillers Quay.

Spillers Quay.

11th November 2024

Spillers Quay.

I'm not sure what is happening here.

14th June 2024

H.M.S. Tyne.

13th June 2024

H.M.S. Tyne.

21st May 2024

Spillers Quay.

Spillers Quay, Police Boat.

2nd July 2024

Galeón Andalucia.

The Galeón Andalucía is a replica of the ship used by the Spanish during the 16th-18th centuries, in the maritime expeditions of discovery and inter-oceanic trade between Spain, America and the Philippines of the so-called fleets of the Indies.

Construction of the galleon took 17 months and employed 150 people. The vessel launched in Punta Umbría (Huelva, Spain) in November, 2009.

The ship was docked at Spillers Quay from the 25th June until 7th July 2024.

23rd April 2024

1st January 2024

Spillers Quay.

Looking up to the flats on St. Lawrence Road built on the site of the now demolished St. Lawrence Rope Works.

19th July 2023

Malmo Quay Works.

17th July 2023

Malmo Quay.

24th May 2023

Spillers Quay.

Ouseburn Boatyard.

18th April 2023

Malmo Quay.

Malmo Quay Electricity Substation.

Spillers Quay.

27th March 2023

Malmo Quay.

12th February 2023

Malmo Quay.

3rd February 2023

Spillers Quay.

4th November 2022

Malmo Quay.

17th September 2022

Spillers Quay.

The railway lines are remnants from the long gone Quayside Branch Line which served industry in the area.

26th August 2022

Malmo Quay.

Spillers Quay.

Ouseburn Boatyard.

13th July 2022

Spillers Quay from Gateshead.

7th July 2022

Spillers Quay from Gateshead.

3rd July 2022

Malmo Quay.

Ouseburn Boatyard.

6th June 2022

H.M.S. Tyne.

4th June 2022

H.M.S. Tyne.

Spillers Quay from Gateshead.

3rd June 2022

H.M.S. Tyne.

1st June 2022

H.M.S. Tyne.

28th May 2022

Malmo Quay.

25th May 2022

Malmo Quay.

The Cycle Hub.

Ouseburn Boatyard.

23rd May 2022

Spillers Quay.

8th May 2022

Spillers Quay.

8th April 2022

Malmo Quay.

23rd March 2022

Malmo Quay.

Spillers Quay.

19th March 2022

Malmo Quay.

Ouseburn Boatyard.

25th February 2022

Cycle Hub.

Built in the 1990's as the Ouseburn Water Sports Association Building became the Cycle Hub around 2012. Due to be demolished as part of the upcoming redevelopment of Spillers Quay.

Ouseburn Boatyard.

17th February 2022

Cycle Hub.

20th January 2022

Cycle Hub.

Spillers Quay.

14th December 2021

Malmo Quay.

Ouseburn Boatyard.

Spillers Quay.

9th December 2021

Spillers Quay.

17th September 2021

Preparation for this weekends Festival of Rescue.

15th September 2021

Preparation for this weekends Festival of Rescue.

23rd August 2021

A young Kittiwake.

7th June 2021

Spillers Quay.

30th May 2021

Fishermen in Spillers Quay.

10th February 2021

My footsteps in a snowy Spillers car park

A jogger running along the Quayside is being filmed by someone in a car

Spillers Quay.

27th November 2020

Spillers Quay.

3rd September 2020

Ouseburn Boatyard.

28th May 2020

Malmo Quay.

Spillers Quay.

26th March 2020

Malmo Quay.

Spillers Quay.

January 2020

Taken just before the first Covid lockdown these photos show a full car park and the remains of the train lines that serviced the now demolished Spillers Tyne Mill and other industries in the area.

Spillers Quay.

30th September 2019

23rd July 2019

Malmo Quay.

27th October 2012

Spillers Quay.

10th September 2012

HMS Mersey.

4th April 2012

HMS Severn.

24th July 2011

Malmo Quay.

Spillers Car Park.

2nd July 2011

Stavros S Niarchos (Tall Ship).

Malmo Quay.

28th June 2011

Spillers Quay.

13th October 2010

7th July 2010

Spillers Tyne Mill.

1st July 2009

A tall ship at Spillers Quay.

28th November 2008

Spiller's Tyne Mill.

Spiller's Tyne Mill was completed in 1938, and was then the tallest flour milling building in the world. Spiller's had come to Newcastle from Bridgewater in 1896 when they acquired Davidson's Phoenix Mill in the Close. The Tyne Mill replaced this older complex. There were two main buildings at the Tyne Mill - the Silo and Flour Mill. The Silo was designed to store 34,000 tons of grain. The mill contained a warehouse, the flour mill and an animal food mill. To serve it the deep water berth was improved and the rail network along the quayside extended. The old Phoenix Mill was seriously damaged by fire during the Second World War. Source: Sitelines.