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Fellside Methodist Church, Whickham
When, in the seventies, the West End Chapel became too small for the congregation, it was decided to build a larger church in a new location. When an old church in Gateshead had to be demolished the local authority was persuaded to build the replacement church in Whickham to serve the congregation of West End Chapel. This church became Fellside Methodist Church.!
When the new Fellside Church opened in 1980 the Reverend Thomas Walsh moved with his flock for a few months, until the arrival of the Reverend Terry Hurst. In 1990 further renovations and alterations were paid for by the Church Members. These included a new vestry, an upstairs extension and the turning of the church by 90 degrees to allow a stained glass window to be the focal point of the building. It is a circular window with the Church logo depicting a person kneeling beside a cross with a dove at its centre, the whole being surrounded by sunrays.
The newly established Community Church bought The Old West End Chapel from the Methodist Church. This was an evangelical church and it opened around 1982.