Where is Kingston Park?

Kingston Park is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0120°, -1.6660°.

Parks · North East England

Kingston Park

Kingston Park in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Kingston Park is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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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's flagship stores—at 11,055 square metres (119,000 sq ft) which was also the largest supermarket in the United Kingdom for one period of time. Kingston Park is served by Kingston Park station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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Background

History

The area was largely built between the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. Its Metro station was not part of the original system, the area not having the required population density when the network was first planned. In the 2010s, the Newcastle Great Park development began to extend north from Kingston Park, with the Greenside Estate being located immediately north of Kingston Park Road. The residential areas were originally named Kingston Park, Kenton Bank Foot, Tudor Grange and Ouseburn Park, although over time all of these have come to be known collectively as Kingston Park. Most of the housing to the south of Kingston Park Metro station was built by developers such as Leech…

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