Newcastle Great Park

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Coordinates: 55°01′55″N 1°38′38″W / 55.032°N 1.644°W

Newcastle Great Park
Newcastle Great Park Newcastle Great Park shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference	NZ22853
Metropolitan borough	Newcastle upon Tyne
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district	NE3 & NE13
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear

Newcastle Great Park is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated to the north of the city centre. Much of Newcastle Great Park is still under development and has grown out of the north-west sides of Gosforth, Fawdon and Kingston Park.

History

Development of this area, Newcastle City Council's 'Northern Development Area' had been in planning since at least 1991.^[1] In the 1990s the plans consisted of 2500 houses and a 200 acre business and industrial development which could provide up to 10000 jobs.^[1]^[2]

Development

The Newcastle Great Park development is nine years into a ten to fifteen-year building project. Estates within the Great Park include Brunton Grange, Brunton Village, East Moor Village, Greenside, Melbury and Warkworth Woods. Housing properties are currently under development by Charles Church, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey.

Great Park village centre is currently under development along Brunton Lane. According to consultation with Great Park residents at local meetings, the village will comprise a nursing home, private hospital, hotel, superstore, community centre and public house. A Londis shop, which opened on Featherstone Grove in March 2011, was the first store in the new estate.

Education

Newcastle Great Park contains one primary school, Brunton First School, and as Newcastle operates a three tier education system older students feed into Gosforth Junior High Academy and on to Gosforth Academy. Brunton First School opened in September 2009.^[3]

Business

The software company Sage Group has their world headquarters in Newcastle Great Park.^[4] Sage Group's building, named North Park, was one of the first occupants of Newcastle Great Park. Esh Plaza is a development currently consisting of two buildings and is partly used by Credit Services Association and the NHS.^[5]^[6]

Transport

Newcastle Great Park is situated on the A1 road in North Newcastle. The closest Tyne and Wear Metro stations are within Kingston Park and Gosforth. Newcastle Great Park has a park and ride car park and bus service with regular services through Gosforth to the City Centre.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Newsletter 3, Newcastle Action Group to Save the Green Belt, November 1993
↑ Northern Development Area Bulletin No 1, 25 March 1998
↑ "Brunton First School". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
↑ "Directions". Sage Group. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
↑ "Contact CSA". Credit Services Association. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
↑ "Bevan House directions". NHS North of Tyne. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

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City of Newcastle upon Tyne	Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne Arthurs Hill Battlefield Benwell Black Callerton Blakelaw Blucher Brunswick Byker Chapel House City Centre Cochrane Park Cowgate Coxlodge Dene Denton Denton Burn Dinnington East Denton Elswick Fairways Fawdon Fenham Great Park Haymarket Hazlerigg Heaton High Heaton Jesmond Kenton Kingston Park Lemington Manors Newburn North Kenton Ouseburn Parklands Sandyford Scotswood Shieldfield Slatyford South Gosforth Spital Tongues Throckley Walbottle Walker Walkergate Walkerville West Denton West Jesmond Westerhope Westgate Wingrove Woolsington

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