Heritage
Brandling Street mural
A graffiti-style mural of the neighbourhood around two walls of a small private car park on Brandling Street, opposite Albany Contract Furniture and beside the back of Raval: The Central, the Hilton, traffic lights, children with balloons, a big black Mercedes and the green arch of the Tyne Bridge.
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| Address | Private car park, Brandling Street, opposite Albany Contract Furniture's door |
|---|---|
| Open to the public | Yes |
| Confidence | L · likely |
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Where it is
NZ 2550 6352 OS grid · 54.96574, -1.60323
, children with balloons crossing by a no-stopping sign, green trees, a large black Mercedes with HENDAZ on its number plate, and the green arch of the Tyne Bridge, below air-conditioning units on rusty brackets](/images/brandling-street-mural-2026-10.jpg)
The mural runs round the corner of a small car park off Brandling Street, opposite the door of Albany Contract Furniture and next to the back door of Raval. It is a cartoon view of the streets around it: The Central, lettered and with its arched ground floor, traffic lights and a stop sign, a white tower lettered Hilton, children with balloons crossing the road by a no-stopping sign, a row of trees, a large black Mercedes, and the green arch of the Tyne Bridge at the far end.
It is signed. “Hendaz” is painted on the Mercedes’ number plate and again, with “H-Man”, above The Central, and “S.M.P. Crew” is written along the bottom. A 2016 post on the Culture Vulture NE blog describes a car park on Brandling Street whose owner commissioned a local graffiti group to design a colourful, North East-themed piece as a talking point for visiting clients, which fits this mural, so it dates from 2016 or before. Neither the owner nor the group is named there, and we haven’t confirmed that Hendaz and S.M.P. Crew are that group.
Parts of the render have broken away, taking pieces of the painting with them, and later tags have been sprayed over The Central. The car park is private: look from the street.
The Central end of the mural. October 2026.
If you know who painted it, or when, tell us.
- The Culture Vulture NE — Frank Styles in the spotlight (7 October 2016): the car park mural commissioned from a local graffiti group
- Andy, on the ground, 10 October 2026 (photographs and location)