West Gosforth

This article is about the electoral ward. For the Ponteland Railway station, see Regent Centre Interchange. For the former similarly named school, see Gosforth Junior High Academy.

West Gosforth
Ward
West Gosforth is located in Tyne and Wear
West Gosforth
West Gosforth
West Gosforth is located in the United Kingdom
West Gosforth
West Gosforth
Location within the United Kingdom
OS grid referenceNZ242685
Ceremonial county
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
55°00′40″N 1°37′19″W / 55.011°N 1.622°W / 55.011; -1.622

West Gosforth was an electoral ward in the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It was created in 2004 and abolished in 2018. The population of the ward is 9,681, increasing to 9,991 at the 2011 Census,[1] 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 include Gosforth, Dene and South Gosforth, Fawdon and West Gosforth, and Parklands (which includes northern Gosforth including Melton Park and Brunton Park).

  1. ^ "Newcastle-upon-Tyne ward population 2011". Retrieved 6 July 2015.