Forest Hall
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Forest Hall is a big village east of Benton and Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne. Even though it is a big village, there is not much in Forest Hall. Mainly there are pubs, social clubs, a few shops a barber shop, a hairdresser, a big bingo and there is usually a car boot sale on at the nursery every Sunday. It has on supermarket which is Kwik-Save.
There is a train line running through the village. Trains usually pass through at speeds of around 100mph! Though the trains run through the village at fast speeds, the residents do not notice that much!
| Forest Hall | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | Approx 2,500-5,000 |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | NZ269683 |
| Administration | |
| District: | North Tyneside |
| Metropolitan county: | Tyne and Wear |
| Region: | North East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Tyne and Wear |
| Historic county: | Northumberland |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Northumbria Police |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | North East |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | Forest Hall |
| Postal district: | NE12 |
| Dialling code: | 0191 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | |
| European Parliament: | North East England |
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The surrounding areas are Killingworth which is about 1.5 miles away and Benton and Longbenton. There are two ways of getting to Benton. One way is via a footbridge. That way is about a 5-10 minute walk. It is very close to Longbenton Community College. The other way is a road. It is the only quick way to get to Benton from Forest Hall and usually takes about 5 minutes in a car.
Forest Hall has had alot of changes in the last 40 years. There used to be a railway line running through the street but now that line has been moved about 0.5 miles down the road. In the 1950's, there used to be as little as 300 people living in the village. This was because Forest Hall was a very busy place. This was mainly because the trains used to pass through alot as they were usually either travelling directly to London or Edinburgh. There used to be alot of markets in the village and there was alot of delivery vans and lorries passing through everyday.
