Kingston Park
| Kingston Park | |
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 Tesco Kingston Park (2007) |
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| Kingston Park shown within Tyne and Wear | |
| OS grid reference | NZ214686 |
| • London | 242 miles (389 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE3 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | |
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 a period of time. Kingston Park is served by Kingston Park station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
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. In the 2010s, the Great Park development began to extend north from Kingston Park.
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 and originally sold on a leasehold basis.
Some of the housing to the north of the station was built as council owned rented properties, although many were bought by tenants under the Government's right-to-buy scheme. Further housing development is planned on the fringes of Kingston Park at Kenton Bank Foot and Callerton, in areas removed from the Green Belt as part of the Core Strategy and Urban Core plan.
Aside from Tesco Extra, other stores on the Kingston Retail Park include, Boots, Brantano, Carphone Warehouse, Currys PC World, Greggs, Halfords, Homebase (including an Argos kiosk), Iceland Food Warehouse, Marks & Spencer, Matalan, McDonald's, Sports Direct, Next, Pets at Home, Poundland, T.K. Maxx and William Hill.
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