Chapel House Estate
Encyclopedia
Chapel House is a suburban estate in the outer west of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is approximately 4 miles directly from the city centre. It is bordered by Chapel Park, Westerhope
Westerhope
Founded originally to the West of Newcastle upon Tyne, England to provide housing for working families with sufficient land to grow vegetables, Westerhope expanded substantially in Victorian times with the discovery of workable coal reserves....

, West Denton
West Denton
West Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne is an area in the west part of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It includes West Denton shopping centre and West Denton fire station .Some of the schools in the area include:*West Denton Primary School...

, Blucher as well as Abbey Farm and Abbey Grange.

Before 2005, Chapel House had a large middle school named Chapel House Middle School which catered for about 500 children in the area and beyond. However, this was 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 Schools land is being currently built on for a new Knoplaw primrary School. A silverspade event was held on 07/07/09.
Thomas Bewick School and Walbottle Campus Lower School are no-longer situated here.

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 5 bus stops in the area as well as 3 bus routes each headed to the city centre. All services are provided by Stagecoach In Newcastle & all designated routes for low floor kneeling buses.

There are however, local shops as well as a church, a doctor's practice and a dentist.

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK