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Newcastle Blue Star F.C. is a football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was established in 1930 and joined the Wearside League in 1973. In 1978, the club won the FA Vase. They won promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of the 2008–09 season via the play-offs, however off field troubles led to the club having to wind up, having never taken its place in the league. In 2018 the club was reborn from renaming club Hazlerigg Victory and bringing with it their players and management staff, playing matches at Scotswood in the West End of the city. The club currently play in the Northern League Division One, the ninth tier of the English football league system.
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Excelsior Academy
Excelsior Academy is a mixed all-through school and sixth form. It was opened in September 2008 as a replacement for the Westgate Community College and is situated in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
The academy was originally for secondary school pupils aged 11 to 18 including a sixth form. It had four sections to the school, which were Jefferson, Milburn, Hadrian and Armstrong.
In mid-2013, Armstrong and Jefferson merged into one large school named Collingwood. In 2012 it was announced that the school would create a primary school called Rainbird, and have an age range of 3 to 19.
The three main secondary schools are based on their own specialist subjects individually:
The school is currently part of the Laidlaw Schools Trust and is sponsored by Lord Laidlaw.
The academy has also been listed in the 200 most improved schools nationally identified by the Department for Education.
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Scotswood railway station
Scotswood railway station served Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The railway station was located on the former route of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway from Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle. The station opened in 1839 and closed in 1967.
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Lemington railway station
Lemington railway station served the district of Lemington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, from 1875 to 1964 on the Tyne Valley Line.
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Denton Burn
Denton Burn is an area approximately 4 miles (6 km) to the west of the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne in England, United Kingdom. It is officially designated a suburb of the city, where it is linked to Carlisle by the A69 and A1 roads. The West Road also runs to the north of Denton Burn allowing access to the city centre and also to the junction which leads to the A69 road and A1 road.