- Chapel House Estate
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Coordinates: 54°59′21″N 1°44′04″W / 54.989188°N 1.73452°W
Chapel House
Chapel House shown within Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan borough Newcastle upon Tyne Metropolitan county Tyne and Wear Region North East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Postcode district NE5 Dialling code 0191 Police Northumbria Fire Tyne and Wear Ambulance North East EU Parliament North East England UK Parliament Westerhope Ward List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear Chapel House is a suburban estate in the outer west of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. It is approximately 4 miles directly from the city centre. It is bordered by Chapel Park, Westerhope, West Denton, Blucher as well as Abbey Farm and Abbey Grange.
Before 2005, Chapel House had a large middle school named Chapel House Middle School which catered for about 500 children in the area and beyond. However, this was closed in 2005 when the outer west of Newcastle switched to two tier education. Similarly, Knoplaw Primary School and Milecastle Primary School (also within Chapel House) used to be first schools. Chapel House Middle Schools land is being currently built on for a new Knoplaw primrary School. A silverspade event was held on 07/07/09. Thomas Bewick School and Walbottle Campus Lower School are no-longer situated here.
Chapel House has a range of buses, (Service Number 40,63,72 and 38A) which enables people to get to the city centre within 35 minutes. There are 5 bus stops in the area as well as 3 bus routes each headed to the city centre. All services are provided by Stagecoach In Newcastle & all designated routes for low floor kneeling buses.
There are however, local shops as well as a church, a doctor's practice and a dentist.
External links
Categories:- Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear geography stubs
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