Forest Hall
| Forest Hall | |
  Forest Hall Forest Hall shown within Tyne and Wear | |
| Population | Approx 2,500-5,000 |
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| OS grid reference | NZ269683 |
| Metropolitan borough | North Tyneside |
| Metropolitan county | Tyne and Wear |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE12 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | North Tyneside |
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Forest Hall is a village east of Benton in North Tyneside in the north of England.
Facilities
There are pubs, social clubs and a shopping centre with a variety of shops, take away food outlets, two restaurants, two supermarkets and a Health Centre. Forest Hall has frequent buses through the village centre; Newcastle upon Tyne city centre is approximately 15–20 minutes travel by bus. Benton Metro station is about a half mile from the centre of Forest Hall.
The East Coast Main Line runs through Forest Hall. The old Forest Hall station was closed down and a public house, "The Flying Scotsman", was opened on the site of the old railway station in May 1969, named after the Flying Scotsman rail service that uses the route.
Schools
- Not to be confused with Forest Hall School in Essex, England
Primary schools in the area include Forest Hall Primary School, Ivy Road Primary School, West Moor Primary School and Linden School (privately owned, part of the Dame Allan group.[2])
For further education there is Longbenton Community College in Benton and George Stephenson High School to the north in Killingworth.
Churches
Forest Hall has several churches of different denominations: St Bartholomew's Church, Long Benton (C of E), St Andrews Methodist United Reformed Church, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and Bethesda Gospel Hall.
Notes
External links
Media related to Forest Hall at Wikimedia Commons