A large town on the other side of the Tyne from Newcastle, devoted to marine engineering. Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe" here. William the Conqueror defeated Edgar Atheling and Malcolm Canmore at Gateshead Fell in 1068. Home of the Metrocentre one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, as well as the Angel of the North, the largest sculpture in Britain, next to the A1 road. Derwent Walk Country Park and Riverside Sculpture Park.