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Local Information, Online Map and Heritage Information

Within West Gosforth there are a number of amenities for residents and visitors. Gosforth Neighbourhood Housing Office on the High Street is in the neighbouring East Gosforth ward and 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.

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

Also located nearby is Gosforth Pool and Impulse gym. Check out the Active Newcastle Website for details of activities or contact reception on  0191 284 3696 for further details.

West Gosforth has a number of schools in the ward including Archibald First School, Gosforth West Middle, Wyndham and St Charles RC Primary Schools, Westfield and Central Newcastle High.

The ward has a number of green spaces, including Dukes Moor in the south of the ward to Coxlodge Welfare Ground in the north area, and St Nicholas Park in the west.

The ward has two Metro Stations, Regents Centre and Wansbeck Road.

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 West Gosforth Communities Officer