21 Facts About Gosforth

Gosforth is a suburb of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

South Gosforth was first mentioned in 1319, when it was noted that the English Army retreated there from a siege on Berwick.

Gosforth Colliery was located in South Gosforth, while Coxlodge Colliery was west of the Great North Road.

Areas of Gosforth have been used as a filming locations for television shows and films.

Gosforth Park was used as a location in 1971's Get Carter and Whitebridge Park which was used in an episode of Wire in the Blood.

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Gosforth has sports facilities such as Gosforth Swimming Pool among others.

Famous sportsmen from Gosforth include footballer Alan Shearer and athlete Jonathan Edwards.

Gosforth has had a long connection with local rugby football, currently being home to Newcastle's oldest rugby club, Northern Football Club .

Gosforth has been home to the South Northumberland Cricket Club since 1892, which is home itself to the South North Bulls team.

Gosforth formerly had two cinemas, the Royalty Cinema on the High Street and the Globe Cinema on Salters Road.

Nick Cott, Councillor for West Gosforth ward, noted that current discussions were about transport issues and environmental improvements.

Gosforth is host to many smaller-type supermarkets, designed for quick "Essentials" service, such as the Nisa store in the Regent Farm estate, there is a smaller Asda store, which was built on the ground of a former Kwik Save store.

The County Hotel, towards the southern end of the centre of Gosforth, is the southernmost High Street pub, famed for its large selection of real ale.

Former public houses in Gosforth include the Collingwood in Regent Farm, and the Royal George in Brunton Park which closed in June 2009.

South Gosforth has three pubs: The Millstone on Haddricksmill Road; the Brandling Villa at the corner of Haddricksmill Road and Station Road; and The Victory on Killingworth Road.

In 1902, Gosforth was linked by tramway to Wallsend, then Newcastle a year later; this tramway has long since been removed as other travel links evolved.

Gosforth was a pilot area for the G fast DSL technology in 2015.

Gosforth has a number of post offices, however on 1 July 2008 the Post Office announced the next set of post offices which would close; the Gosforth Garden Village branch and a nearby branch in Kenton closed.

Whilst the fire brigade was stationed in Gosforth there was a siren that used to alert motorists and public alike that they would be leaving the hidden entrance.

In November 2006, the old Gosforth Library was closed and moved to a nearby temporary location.

Current civic hall in Gosforth is on Regent Farm Road and was built in the 1970s as a replacement for the old Central Hall on the High Street.