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Gosforth Newcastle |
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| Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, and lies just north of Newcastle city centre. Gosforth constituted an urban district from 1895 to 1974, when it became part of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. There are two electoral wards that bear the Gosforth name, East Gosforth and West Gosforth, and modern day Gosforth includes other wards such as Parklands. The origin of the area's name is thought to have come from the title Gese Ford meaning “the ford over the Ouse”, referring to a crossing over the local River Ouse or Ouseburn, however others think that it comes from the Old English Gosaford meaning a ford where the geese dwell, and it is first recorded as Goseford in 1166. |
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| In the 19th century, Gosforth was the location of a number of collieries, including Gosforth and Coxlodge Colliery. Gosforth Colliery was located in South Gosforth, while Coxlodge Colliery was west of the Great North Road. It comprised two pits: the Regent pit, where the Regent Centre now stands, and the Jubilee pit further west. |
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| Apart from South Gosforth, most residential areas of Gosforth are suffixed "Park". There is Bridge Park, Brunton Park, Gosforth Park (including Newcastle Racecourse), Grange Park, Greystoke Park, Grove Park, Melton Park, Newcastle Great Park and Whitebridge Park. East of the Great North Road, Garden Village was developed on 'garden suburb' lines in the 1920s to house workers at the nearby LNER electric train depot (now the Metro depot). |
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| In addition to local cafés such as Trinity Cafe, Rosies and Great Coffee, Gosforth high street also has chain cafés including a Caffè Nero and a Costa Coffee. The Brandling Arms pub on the High Street has its own local edition of My Monopoly, using Gosforth locations. Other pubs on Gosforth High Street include the Gosforth Hotel, the Queen Victoria (known for a short time as Northern Lights), the Blacksmith's Arms, the Earl Grey and the Job Bulman, a branch of Wetherspoons located in the former 1920s post office building on St Nicholas Avenue, and named after the founder of Bulman Village. The County Hotel, towards the southern end of the centre of Gosforth, is the southernmost High Street pub. Former public houses in Gosforth include the Collingwood in Regent Farm, and the Royal George in Brunton Park which closed in June 2009. The Three Mile Inn, which includes Scalini's (an excellent Italian restaurant), is located north of the High Street on the historic Great North Road. |
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| Some of the areas in and around Gosforth include: Jesmond, Heaton, Wallsend, Killingworth, Cramlington, Kingston Park, Kenton, Woolsington and Ponteland. |
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| Newcastle International Airport is within easy reach and there are excellent connections from the airport to Newcastle city, as well as the metro system connecting to Gosforth to assist in your travel plans, as well as local taxi firms and car hire companies. |
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| Hotels in the area include: The Gosforth Park Marriott, hotel with excellent spa facilities and there are numerous excellent golf courses very close by. The Marriott is situated next to the Newcastle racecourse which hosts numerous events throughout the year, including the Northumberland Plate and ladies Day, for the racing enthusiast. Located at Jesmond Dene, just a 5 minute drive from Gosforth, is the Jesmond Dene House hotel. A boutique hotel with 40 individually designed bedrooms and suites that have a modern sense of pure luxury, space, handsome looks and sleek furnishings. Only a few miles away in the city of Newcastle there is; The Malmaison hotel, the Hilton hotel, the Vermont hotel as well as the Copthorne hotel. |
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