Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne

Coordinates: 54°59′17″N 1°35′35″W / 54.988°N 1.593°W / 54.988; -1.593

Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne

Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference	NZ261660
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear

Dene is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. The ward takes its name from the nearby gorge at Jesmond Dene. Contained within the ward are government offices of the Department for Work and Pensions and the Freeman Hospital. The population of the ward is 9,554, increasing to 9,667 at the 2011 Census,^[1] 3.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 74.8% much higher than the city average of 54.7%.

Education

Within the ward are four schools including two primary schools, Cragside Primary School and Benton Park Primary School. The ward is the home of the Coach Lane campus of Northumbria University.

Recreation and leisure

Jesmond Dene is in the south east of the ward and on Freeman Road is the Paddy Freeman park. Facilities there include a bowling green, two tennis courts, a fenced playground with swings, slides, climbing frames and spring toys. Additionally, a number of private owned leisure facilities are in the ward including the David Lloyd Tennis Club, Novocastrians R.F.C., Heaton & Stannington F.C. and the University Playing Fields.

Boundary

The wards boundaries go from the north east edge of the ward, following the overall northern city boundary west until reaching the metro line at the rear of Gallalaw Terrace. It then heads south following the Ouseburn, past Haddricksmill Bridge and Dene Bridge, down to Red Walk. It then turns east crossing Jesmond Dene to the Pond which lies west of Freeman Road/Jesmond Road. At the roundabout it heads east along Newton Road and continues east along Cragside to the Benton Road roundabout and to the rear of the properties on Cornel Road. At Cochrane Park sports ground it heads north and east around its boundary to Red Hall Drive/Coach Lane, then south along the eastern side of Red Hall Drive to Meridan Way. It then continues east along the north of Meridian Way turning south to the rear of numbers 2 to 46 Slingsby Gardens and onto the Coast Road, heading east past the front of the Wills Building to the East Coast Main Line. It then heads north, adjacent to the main line, then turns east to the rear of the properties on Westminster Way to the junction with Coach Lane. It then continues north along Coach Lane turning west along Rosemont Way to the rear of Spalding/ Penfold and Dunlop Closes to Benton Road. Heading north along the east side of Benton Road to Four Lane Ends Metro station, it then follows the metro line back along to Gallalaw Terrace/ Killingworth Road.

Charts and tables

Age group	Number
Under 16	1,718
16-24	1,339
25-44	3,009
45-64	2,640
65-74	658
75+	537

Ethnicity	Number	%
White	8,692	91.1
Afro-Caribbean	56	0.6
South Asian	440	4.6
Chinese	175	1.8
Other	175	1.8

The ward has 3,910 housing spaces of which 3.6% are vacant this is much lower than the city average of 5.3%. Owner occupied property stands at 83.6% much higher than the city average of 53.3%. The properties are as follows.

Property type	Number	%
Detached	939	24
Semi-detached	1,923	49.1
Terraced	236	6
Flats	812	20.8
Other	3	0.1

References

↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 5 July 2015.

External links

Places in Tyne and Wear

Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead	Gateshead Bensham Birtley Blaydon Carr Hill Chopwell Deckham Dunston Felling Kibblesworth Lamesley Low Fell Pelaw Rowlands Gill Ryton Sheriff Hill Team Valley Whickham Windy Nook

City of Newcastle upon Tyne	Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne Arthurs Hill Battlefield Benwell Black Callerton Blakelaw Blucher Brunswick Byker Chapel House City Centre Cochrane Park Cowgate Coxlodge Dene Denton Denton Burn Dinnington East Denton Elswick Fairways Fawdon Fenham Great Park Haymarket Hazlerigg Heaton High Heaton Jesmond Kenton Kingston Park Lemington Manors Newburn North Kenton Ouseburn Parklands Sandyford Scotswood Shieldfield Slatyford South Gosforth Spital Tongues Throckley Walbottle Walker Walkergate Walkerville West Denton West Jesmond Westerhope Westgate Wingrove Woolsington

Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside	North Shields Wallsend Whitley Bay Backworth Beaumont Park Benton Burradon Cullercoats Earsdon Forest Hall Howdon Killingworth Longbenton Monkseaton Murton New York Preston Seaton Burn Shiremoor St Mary's Island Tynemouth Wellfield Whitley Lodge Wideopen Willington Quay

Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside	Hebburn Jarrow South Shields The Boldons Cleadon Harton Marsden Monkton Whitburn

City of Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole Houghton-le-Spring Sunderland Washington Ashbrooke Barnes Bishopwearmouth Burdon Carley Hill Castletown Claxheugh Cox Green Downhill Doxford Park Easington Lane East Rainton Elstob Farm Farringdon Fatfield Fence Houses Ford Estate Fulwell Gilley Law Grangetown Grindon Harraton Hastings Hill Hendon Herrington High Moorsley Hill View Hollycarrside Humbledon Hylton Castle Leechmere Marley Pots Millfield Monkwearmouth Newbottle North Haven North Hylton Pallion Pennywell Penshaw Plains Farm Rickleton Redhouse Roker Ryhope Seaburn Seaburn Dene Shiney Row Silksworth South Bents South Hylton Southwick Springwell Springwell Village Sunniside Town End Farm Thorney Close Tunstall Warden Law Witherwack

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/9/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.