Other Amenities
West Gosforth has a business park, called Regent Centre, which is home to companies such as Virgin Money (formerly Northern Rock). Wansbeck Road has a small shopping centre, which includes a small Co-operative food supermarket; Until 2008 there was also a FreshXpress/Kwik Save store, which was demolished and has been re-built from scratch as a Netto (now Asda). This Netto/Asda store opened on 5 November 2009 and also used the former land of the Collingwood pub. Following Asda's buyout of Netto this store was converted into an Asda, their second such store in Gosforth. One half of Gosforth High Street is also in the ward.
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