East Gosforth also known as Gosforth East is a former

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, UK. It was created in 2004. The population of the ward is 8,981, increasing to 10,145 at the 2011 Census, 3.5% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 68.8%, higher than the city average of 54.7%. It was formerly one half of

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's wards, along with the West Gosforth ward.

Education

There are four schools within the East Gosforth ward: * Archbishop First School * South Gosforth First School * Newcastle School for Boys, formally known as Newlands Preparatory School

Recreation and leisure

The ward has two parks, Quarry Park and the 2004

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winner, Gosforth Central Park. The ward has many large green areas including parts of Jesmond Dene. The Brandling Arms pub on the High Street has its own local edition of My Monopoly, using Gosforth locations. Other pubs on Gosforth High Street within the ward are the Queen Victoria (known for a short time as Northern Lights), the Blacksmith's Arms, Barca (formally Earl Grey) and the Job Bulman, a branch of

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located in the former 1920s post office building on St Nicholas Avenue, and named after the founder of Bulman Village. The County Hotel, towards the southern end of the centre of Gosforth, is the southernmost High Street pub.

Ward boundary

The boundary of the East Gosforth ward starts at the Blue House roundabout. It continues by heading east along Jesmond Dene Road to the

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and then north along the Ouseburn to Haddricksmill Bridge. The boundary continues north to the rear of the properties on Ridgewood Crescent and across the Metro line to continue north along the course of the Ouseburn. At the footbridge across the Ouseburn, it heads west around the perimeter of Gosforth Golf Course and continues west along Links Green Walk. It then leads west to the

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Superstore on the Great North Road. The ward boundary continues south on Great North Road/Gosforth High Street along to the Blue House roundabout, where it ends.

Political

East Gosforth was formerly represented by 3 Liberal Democrat councillors, Cllr Henry Gallagher, Cllr David Slesenger and Cllr Dominic Raymont . It was also part of Newcastle North Constituency and represented by Labour MP,

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Charts and tables

The ward has 4,118 housing spaces of which 4.1% are vacant this is lower than the city average of 5.3%. Owner occupied property stands at 73.9% much higher than the city average of 53.3%. The properties are as follows.

References

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East Gosforth Census 2001
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