Gosforth

This article is about the suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne. For other uses, see Gosforth (disambiguation).

Gosforth
The junction of High Street and Church Road. A terrace of stone fronted buildings, with a curved corner building fronted in white, from the mid-late 19th century. The modern shop fronts are not in keeping the original style of the buildings. It is set back from the road by modern paving. The far section of the building is the old fire station building (formerly Urban District offices) are .
Gosforth High Street
Gosforth is located in Tyne and Wear
Gosforth
Gosforth
Location within Tyne and Wear
Population23,620 (2001 Census)
OS grid referenceNZ250699
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode districtNE3; NE7
Dialling code0191
PoliceNorthumbria
FireTyne and Wear
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Tyne and Wear
55°00′25″N 1°37′23″W / 55.007°N 1.623°W / 55.007; -1.623

Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated north of the City Centre. It constituted a separate urban district of Northumberland from 1895 until 1974 before officially merging with the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2001, it had a population of 23,620.[1]

Gosforth borders Jesmond and the Town Moor to the south, High Heaton and Longbenton to the east, and Kenton to the west. There are four electoral wards on Newcastle City Council that include parts of Gosforth: Dene and South Gosforth, Fawdon and West Gosforth, Gosforth, and Parklands.

  1. ^ "Census 2001 : Urban Areas : Table KS01 : Usual Resident Population". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2009.