- West Gosforth
Infobox_UK_Wards
WardName= West Gosforth
1stCouncillor= Nick Cott|
1stParty=Liberal Democrats |
2ndCouncillor= Bill Shepherd|
2ndParty=Liberal Democrats |
3rdCouncillor= Jackie Slesenger
3rdParty=Liberal Democrats West Gosforth is an electoral ward in the north of
Newcastle upon Tyne ,Tyne and Wear . It was created in 2004. The population of the ward is 9,681, 3.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 78.1%, higher than the city average of 54.7%.Other wards in
Gosforth includeEast Gosforth (covering Gosforth south of the High Street, South Gosforth and High West Jesmond) and Parklands (which includes northern Gosforth including Melton Park and Brunton Park). The Coxlodge area of Gosforth is in Fawdon Ward.Education
There are six schools within the West Gosfroth ward:
* Archibald First School
*Gosforth Junior High School
* Wyndham RC Primary School
* St Charles RC Primary School
* Westfield School
* Central Newcastle High SchoolRecreation and leisure
The ward many large green spaces including Dukes Moor, Coxlodge Welfare Ground and St. Nicholas Park. The ward has two
Tyne and Wear Metro stations; Regent Centre and Wansbeck Road.The ward has a library and swimming pool. In November 2006, the library was closed and moved to a nearby temporary location. The single story building was subsequently demolished and is being replaced by a new two story building. The new Library and Customer Service Centre building opened in January 2008. The new library was used as a polling station for the 2008 local elections; a temporary hut was used the previous year.
Other amenities
West Gosforth has a business park, called
Regent Centre , which is home to companies such asNorthern Rock . Wansbeck Road has a small shopping centre, which includes a small Co-operative food supermarket; Until 2008 there was also aFreshXpress /Kwik Save store. One half of Gosforth High Street is also in the ward.Ward boundary
The West Gosforth ward boundary starts at the Blue House roundabout and heads north along the Great North Road/Gosforth High Street (odd numbers included.) Opposite the Asda Superstore, it turns west at the roundabout and follows the Metro line to Wansbeck Road station. It heads south along Wansbeck Road to Jubilee Road before turning east along Jubilee Road (odd numbers included) to the Welford Daycare Centre. The boundary continues west to the rear of St Nicholas Nature Reserve and the rear of the properties on Prince’s Meadow onto Kenton Road (Numbers 23-59 Wall Close included.) It continues south along Kenton Road to Salter’s Road, then turns west to the rear of Kenton Park Shopping Centre and continues south to the rear of Wyndham County Primary School to Nuns Moor/ Newcastle United Golf Course. Finally it travels east along the moor to the Grandstand Road/ Kenton Road junction and continues east along Grandstand Road to the Blue House roundabout.
Charts and tables
External links
* [http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/wardinfowestgosforth West Gosforth Ward] at "
Newcastle City Council "
* [http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/infowestgosforth West Gosforth Census 2001] at "Newcastle City Council"
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