Wideopen is a village located in the administrative Borough of North Tyneside, north of Gosforth and six miles from Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. The village name written as one word is in widespread local use and appears on signage at either end of the village, but the alternative form of Wide Open is still found on maps and elsewhere. This leads to an inconsistency in contemporary addresses.
Wideopen adjoins the settlements of Seaton Burn, Brunswick Village and Hazlerigg. The village straddles the historic Great North Road, formerly the A1 trunk road, but is now by-passed by a new A1 alignment immediately to the west. Weetslade Country Park, reclaimed from an extensive area of coal mining activity, is situated to the east. Wideopen lies in an area with a strong mining history and had its own colliery.
In 2012 work commenced on the building of a new housing estate by Bellway homes, to be called Fivemile Park. It is located to the east of the Great North Road, between Lockey Park and Weetslade Country Park.
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