Newcastle City Council

Welcome to your East Gosforth 'Where I Live' webpage

This site gives you the opportunity to 'have your say' and find out what is going on in your local area. By using the links on the right hand side of this page you can find out what's going on in your area including meetings and events and information on community groups.

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What's going on...

South Gosforth Walkabout - Thursday 9 Feb 1.30pm meet at South Gosforth Metro Station (Balmoral Terrace) For more info have a look at the flyer (pdf 322.52KB)

Decent Neighbourhood Standards

Every neighbourhood in Newcastle will be brought up to a decent standard under a new set of proposals by the city council.   

The council, with residents, wants to create its own Decent Neighbourhoods Standard to ensure consistently good services in each of the city’s 26 wards, with services such as street cleaning, graffiti removal and bin collection being constantly monitored and improved.

Residents who would like to make their views known and take part in an online survey.

Ashburton Deli Survey and
Christon Road Recreation Ground

 Ashburton Deli group is a friendly group of Gosforth residents who share a love of good, local and unusual food. The group came together thanks to the idea of one passionate Gosforth resident who would love to see Ashburton Road or the surrounding area develop into a ‘foodie’ destination – building on the strengths of the existing traders. We have a vision to bring a farmer’s market feel to the urban location of Gosforth, working with the existing local traders to sell good food that has been mainly been produced in the North East. Items like cooked meats, freshly baked artisan breads, cheeses, chutneys, soups, smoked foods, pates, plus a selection of delicious homemade meals / pies and quiches that have been carefully prepared by local suppliers.

Our aim is that this shop would be set up as a co-operative: community owned and run and we’d like to get you involved right now. Please take 10 minutes to give us your views by filling in our online survey 

Christon Road Recreation Ground if you would like more information on beginners skate facilities at Christon Road you can view the plan here (pdf 1.76MB). If you would like more information or have any questions or comments please email the Ward Co-ordinator.

Highways and Traffic Management - Ward Update 

This report (pdf 2.18MB) highlights short, medium and long term traffic management and highways schemes in the ward as well as information on road traffic accidents and utilities work. The work listed will be subject to further discussions with Members and will form the basis of the monthly Ward Report that is sent out to Elected Members. If you have any questions or comments you can email the ward co-ordinator, come to the East Gosforth Ward Committee or contact your local councillors.  

Local Information

Within Gosforth there are a number of shops, services and amenities for residents and visitors.

The Gosforth Customer Service Centre and Library is a modern purpose built facility based on Regent Farm Road that offers you access to a range of public services including:

• Newcastle City Council Customer Service Centre (CSC) delivering over 90 different council services 
• A spacious library with lots of new books to choose from and PC's for public use with free internet access 
• Community meeting room facilities

Gosforth Neighbourhood Housing Office is a useful resource for tenants of Your Homes Newcastle. This office provides a variety of functions, including the collection of rent and other payments, and the reporting and monitoring of repairs.

Also located nearby is Gosforth Pool. From Monday 1st November 2010 until Easter 2011 swimming activities will be suspended. During this time major and essential refurbishment works will be undertaken to improve the swimming experience at Gosforth Pool.

The Impulse gym will remain open as usual.

Please contact reception on  0191 284 3696 for further details.

East Gosforth has a number of schools in the ward including South Gosforth First School, Archbishop Runcie, Gosforth Middle School.

The ward has a recreation ground at Coxlodge and childrens play parks at Central Park and Quarry Park (off Audley Road).

The ward is serviced by two Metro Stations, Ilford Road and South Gosforth

Online Map

Use our online map to find your nearest libraries and schools. You can also find out where your nearest recycling site is and find leisure services, such as swimming pools, and heritage information, such as listed buildings and ancient monuments.

Heritage

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.

The modern day centre of Gosforth, straddling the Great North Road (Gosforth High Street), originated in 1826 as a settlement known for several decades as Bulman Village. A stone bearing the name 'Bulman Village' survives and was incorporated in the facade of a later building, the Halifax Bank building north of the Brandling Arms public house.

If you have any information on or images of 'Historic Gosforth' that you think should be included on this webpage please email the ward co-ordinator.