Kingston Park

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Kingston Park

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Kingston Park

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Kingston Park is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, about 4 miles (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 square metres (119,000 sq ft) which was also the largest supermarket in the UK for a period of time.[1][2] Kingston Park is served by Kingston Park station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

History

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. In the 2010s the Great Park development began to extend north from Kingston Park. The residential areas were originally named Kingston Park, Kenton Bank Foot, Tudor Grange and Ouseburn Park, although over time all of these have come to be known collectively as Kingston Park. Most of the housing to the south of Kingston Park Metro station was built by developers such as Leech and originally sold on a leasehold basis. Some of the housing to the north of the station was built as council-owned rented properties, although many were bought by tenants under the Government's right-to-buy scheme.

Shopping and business

Aside from the large Tesco Extra superstore, other Shops in Kingston Park include, Boots, The Carphone Warehouse, Matalan, T.K. Maxx, Halfords, Currys, PC World, McDonalds, William Hill bookmaker and a Marks & Spencer food store. Prior to the building of the Tesco Extra there had been a Tesco store on the opposite side of the car park closer to the road and Metro stations for a number of years (built in a 1980s red-brick barn style and demolished in 2001). There was also formerly a Presto supermarket in the Kingston Park shopping centre across the road, which later became a branch of the Danish discount supermarket Netto. The original local shopping centre has been considerably redeveloped to include a Marks and Spencer store and 297 parking spaces.[3] Comet had been present until the company entered administration in 2012 - a Poundland replaced this in 2013. The Airport Industrial Estate is also located in Kingston Park.

Kingston Park stadium

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

Transport

Kingston Park also has a Tyne and Wear Metro station with direct services to Newcastle Airport, Newcastle City Centre, Gateshead and Sunderland. It was opened on 15 September 1985, four years after the Metro line had begun service.

Schools

Kingston Park Primary School is based in Kingston Park. There are about 350 pupils from Nursery to Year 6. The school has won many awards, which include, Charter Mark, Sport England and Healthy School award. The school also have many clubs, which include football and netball to chess and creative writing. The school also has an "Eco Council" to help the environment in the school grounds.

The majority of Year 6 pupils go up to Kenton School.

Youth groups

There are several youth groups in and around the Kingston Park area. One such group is 733 (Newcastle Airport) Squadron of the Air Training Corps (ATC).

See also

References

  1. Dangerfield, Andrew (16 January 2007). "The continued rise of Tesco non-food". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2007. "Staff roller blade in the UK's largest Tesco in Newcastle." 
  2. "Tesco to create UK's biggest store". This is Money. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-27. "Currently, Tesco's largest store stands at 11,055 square metres (119,000 sq ft), while rivals Asda and Sainsbury's biggest shops are 10,219 and 8,082 square metres (110,000 and 86,990 sq ft)" 
  3. "Overview". Kingston Court Retail Park, Kingston Park. Retrieved 2013-06-23. 

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