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Coxlodge
Coxlodge is an area situated between Fawdon, Gosforth and Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.
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St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
St Nicholas Hospital is an NHS psychiatric hospital located in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. The entrance is located on Jubilee Road. The buildings range from Victorian-era to modern facilities and occupy 12 hectares (30 acres) of land. The hospital is managed by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.
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Fawdon Metro station
Fawdon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Fawdon and Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened in 1981, adjacent to the level crossing carrying Fawdon Lane across the railway and with staggered platforms on either side of the level crossing.
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Coxlodge railway station
Coxlodge was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Coxlodge and Fawdon in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1905, closed to passengers in 1929, and to goods traffic in 1965.
The station was situated at the junction of Edgefield Avenue, Fawdon Walk and The Meadows. Today the site is occupied by the western (eastbound) platform of Fawdon station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
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Fawdon
Fawdon is an area and electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is also close to the A1 western bypass. The population of the ward is 10,890, reducing to 10,090 at the 2011 Census, 5.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 53.6%, lower than the city average of 54.7%. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.
It is situated about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-by-west from Newcastle City Centre and is at the site of three colliery villages which were known as High Fawdon, Fawdon Square and Low Fawdon. Fawdon Square was the birthplace of 19th-century poet and songwriter Marshall Cresswell.