The Mitre, Newcastle upon Tyne

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The Mitre is situated in the Benwell area in the west end of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Built in 1221, it became the residence of the Bishop of Newcastle before becoming home to the Shafto Family until the 1770s when it was sold by Robert Shafto (the son of Bobby Shafto, immortalised in the famous song of the same name).

In 1821, the building was renovated by the famous Tyneside architect John Dobson and has since provided a number of different functions. During World War II it became a fire station, and then became a training centre for the National Coal Board in 1947.

By the 1970s the building had become The Mitre pub, before achieving national fame in 1989 as the Byker Grove youth club in the BBC children's TV series, Byker Grove, a role which it is still used as today.