Newcastle City Council

Welcome to your West Gosforth 'Where I Live' Webpages.

This site gives you the opportunity to 'have your say' and find out what is going on in your local area.

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What's going on... 

• Westfield Neighbourhood Walkabout - Monday February 13 11am take a look at the flyer for more info
• 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.                 
• Police Information There have been reports of persons going round door to door asking for residents to sponsor them.

• Residents are advised to check the identity and credentials of anyone knocking door to door asking for sponsorship.

  If in doubt please contact the Police on 101 (non-emergency number) or 999 in an emergency

• 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
   
• Devils Burn (Moor Crescent & Montagu Avenue) - some residents who live in these streets have a section of the Devils Burn flowing through the back gardens of their properties. Residents who are affected by this issue can download the following documents;
  • Question and Answer Sheet (pdf 117.15KB)
  • Plans of the watercourse layout; Montague Avenue (pdf 258.56 KB) and Moor Crescent (336.82 KB)  
  • Ward Committee Report (70.92 KB)- March 2011
• Bootcamps are happening all over the city find one near you (pdf 806.93kb
• Noisy Neighbours - Nightwatch (pdf 3.66MB) has a new number. You can report noise problems to Nightwatch 8pm-4am and 24/7 through Envirocall
   
• The Big Green Pledge - Newcastle, the UK’s most sustainable city, has launched a new interactive website packed with energy saving tips and ways to do your bit to reduce carbon emissions.  The website gives practical advice on how we can all play a part in reducing carbon emissions. You can also view a new online map showing aerial thermal imaging data for Newcastle which provided a heat loss profile for every property in the city.
• The Gosforth Community Car Club - Common Wheels - the alternative to owning a car - for more info visit the website and download a money off voucher here (pdf 86.74)

Highways and Traffic Management - Ward Update

This report (pdf 1.26MB) 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 West Gosforth Ward Committee or contact your local councillors

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. 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.

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 ward co-ordinator.