Kingston Park

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Kingston Park is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, 6 km north west of the city centre. It is home to several large retailers, the largest being one of Tesco's flagship stores—at 11,055 m² (119,000 ft²) it is currently the largest supermarket in the UK.^[1]^[2]

The area also houses the stadium of the same name which is home to the Newcastle Falcons rugby union team and also hosts the home football fixtures of Newcastle United's reserve team.

The suburb was largely built in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and its Metro station was not part of the original system, because the area did not have the required population density when the Metro was first planned. It was opened on 15 September 1985, four years after the Metro line had begun service.

Other Shops in Kingston Park include, Boots, Matalan, Tk maxx, Halfords, Currys, PC World, McDonalds, Comet and a Marks and Spencer food store.

Kingston Park also has a Tyne and Wear Metro station with direct services to Newcastle Airport, Newcastle City Centre, Gateshead and Sunderland.

[edit] See also

Kingston Park Metro station.

[edit] References

^ Dangerfield, Andrew. "The continued rise of Tesco non-food", BBC News, 2007-01-16. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. "Staff roller blade in the UK's largest Tesco in Newcastle."
^ "Tesco to create UK's biggest store", Thisismoney.co.uk, 2006-11-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. "Currently, Tesco's largest store stands at 11,055sq m, while rivals Asda and Sainsbury's biggest shops are 10,219sq m and 8,082sq m."