Newcastle Aero Club based on the southside of Newcastle Airport is where i am starting my PPL. Ive already had a trial flight and ive been on a few practice flights for the Sunderland Air Show. Great friendly members.
PPL cost per hour for training is currently 105 pounds per hour
Hire per hour is 85 pounds
Membership is 50 pounds per year
They have over 1000 members
I have loads of more information but it would take quite a while to post it on here. If you want e-mail me and i will be glad to answer any questions you have.
Also there are a couple of flying schools at Teesside Airport (St Georges and Teesside aero club). I dont have any information on those but you could run a search on Goolgle or something for them.
As i say, e-mail me if you like and i will be only glad to help you.