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

Tesco

Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...

's flagship stores—at 11,055 square metres (119,000 sq ft) which is also the largest supermarket in the UK. Kingston Park is served by Kingston Park

Kingston Park Metro station

Kingston Park Metro station serves the Kingston Park suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England and a retail park some north of the city centre.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...

 station on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...

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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.

Shopping

Aside from the large Tesco Extra superstore, other Shops in Kingston Park include, Boots, The Carphone Warehouse

The Carphone Warehouse

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC , known as The Carphone Warehouse, is Europe's largest independent mobile phone retailer, with over 1,700 stores across Europe. It is based in the United Kingdom and is a 50% subsidiary of Best Buy...

, Matalan

Matalan

Matalan is a British retailer that specialises in shoes and clothes. It was founded by John Hargreaves in 1985. It currently has 200 stores across the UK. The 200th store opened on 22 September 2006 in Croydon...

, Tk maxx

T.K. Maxx

T.K. Maxx is a retailer with stores throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany and Poland. The company is part of the TJX Companies which also owns other 'off-price' retail chains such as T.J. Maxx and Marshalls in the United States and Winners in Canada...

, Halfords

Halfords

Halfords Group plc is a leading retailer of car parts, car enhancements and bicycles operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Czech Republic and more recently in Poland, although it is currently pulling out of the latter two countries...

, Currys

Currys

Currys is an electrical retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is owned by Dixons Retail plc. It specialises in selling home electronics and household appliances, with 295 superstores and 73 high street stores...

, PC World

PC World (retailer)

PC World is OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT one of the WHER MA MEMORY STICK ?!?!??! United Kingdom's largest chains of mass-market computer superstores. It is part of Dixons Retail plc. PC World operates under the brand name PC City in Spain, Italy and Sweden....

, McDonalds

McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...

, Comet, William Hill

William Hill

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 bookmaker and a Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer

Marks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products...

 food store. Currently, there are works being done to create a new shopping centre, containing more food restaurants, retailers. It is scheduled to be open some time in 2011.

Kingston Park stadium

The area houses the Kingston Park stadium

Kingston Park (stadium)

Kingston Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Newcastle Falcons. The stadium is also used for the Newcastle United Reserves to play their home matches...

 which is home to the Newcastle Falcons

Newcastle Falcons

The Newcastle Falcons is an English rugby union team currently playing in the Aviva Premiership. The club was established in 1877 and played under the name of Gosforth Football Club until 1990. The name was then changed to Newcastle Gosforth and the club began to play at Kingston Park stadium in...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 team and also hosts the home football fixtures of Newcastle United's

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

 reserve team.

Transport

Kingston Park also has a Tyne and Wear Metro

Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...

 station with direct services to Newcastle Airport

Newcastle Airport

Newcastle International Airport is located in Woolsington in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, north-west of the city centre. In 2010 it was the 11th busiest airport in the United Kingdom....

, Newcastle City Centre, Gateshead

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...

 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 have 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 Comprehensive School

Kenton comprehensive school

Kenton Comprehensive School is a secondary school situated in Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England.The school is situated near Kenton Lane in Kenton and is one of the largest schools in the United Kingdom, educating in excess of 2,000 pupils across Key Stage 3 to 5.The school is a...

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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

Air Training Corps

The Air Training Corps , commonly known as the Air Cadets, is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is a voluntary youth group which is part of the Air Cadet Organisation and the Royal Air Force . It is supported by the Ministry of Defence, with a regular RAF Officer, currently Air...

(ATC).

External links

• Kingston Park Primary School