Woolsington
Woolsington is a village in, and civil parish of, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Woolsington is a village in, and civil parish of, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is located north-west of the city centre, covering a large geographical area. It was also formerly an electoral ward, although the ward was slightly larger than the civil parish, extending slightly further south. The parish also includes Newbiggin Hall, Woolsington village and Newcastle Airport. It had a population of 11,160 as of the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Woolsington
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kingston Park
Kingston Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is used mostly for rugby union and rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Premiership Rugby side Newcastle Red Bulls.
1.1 km · rugby stadium in Newcastle-on-Tyne · Wikipedia - 02Woolsington Hall
Woolsington Hall is a Grade II* listed country house in a 92-acre estate, in the village of Woolsington, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, north-west of the city centre, and immediately south of Newcastle Airport. In addition to the hall, the stables, coach house, orangery, walled garden and east wing are Grade II listed.
1.1 km · historic site in Woolsington, Newcastle upon Tyne · Wikipedia
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Getting to Woolsington
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 2 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 129 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 148 km
- Stations
- Newcastle International Airport, 1.7 km · Airport Metro station, 2.1 km · Wansbeck Road, 3.5 km · Callerton Parkway metro station, 1.1 km · Fawdon metro station, 3 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Woolsington137 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £16–21
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Woolsington146 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £16–21
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Woolsington175 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · £22–29
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No local-transport research exists yet for Woolsington
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Woolsington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPort of Tyne, east of city centre, has overnight DFDS ferries from IJmuiden near Amsterdam.
- Get aroundThe Transport North East Day Ticket covers bus, Metro, rail and ferry services within Tyne and Wear for £6.00 per day, or £6.80 including County Durham and Northumberland.
- Get aroundA ride from city centre to the airport in 2022 is around £15, and to the ferry terminal is £18.
From Wikivoyage: Newcastle upon Tyne, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Woolsington
Woolsington is 7 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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