Chapel House is a suburban housing estate in the outer west of
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o ...
, England, that was built by John. T. Bell in 1964. Made up of private properties, it is approximately directly from the city centre. It is bordered by
Chapel Park,
Westerhope,
West Denton
West Denton is an area in the western part of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.
Education
Some of the schools in the area include:
Primary:
*Beech Hill Primary School
*West Denton Primary School
*St John Vianney RC Pr ...
,
Blucher as well as Abbey Farm estate and Abbey Grange estate.
Before 2005, Chapel House estate had a middle school, Chapel House Middle School, which catered for about 500 children in the area and beyond. However, this closed in 2005 when the outer west of Newcastle switched to two-tier education.
Similarly, Knoplaw Primary School and Milecastle Primary School (also within Chapel House) used to be first schools.
Chapel House Middle School's land has been built on and now houses Knoplaw Primary School. A
groundbreaking
Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, turf-cutting, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such cer ...
event was held on 7 July 2009.
Thomas Bewick School and Walbottle Campus Lower School are no longer situated there.
A campaign by local residents in 2011 led to the protection of Chadderton Field from planned development. It thus became only the second village green to be registered in the city, under the Commons Act, 2006.
Chapel House has a range of buses, (Service Number 40,63,72 and 38A) which enables people to get to the city centre within 35 minutes. There are five bus stops in the area as well as three bus routes, all going to the city centre. All services are provided by Stagecoach in Newcastle and. all designated routes for low floor kneeling buses.
There are local shops, two churches, two GP surgeries and a dentist.
References
External links
Chapel House Holy NativityWesterhope Ward
Westerhope Online: Community & Radio
Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne
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