Within West Gosforth there are a number of amenities for residents and visitors. Gosforth Neighbourhood Housing Office on the High Street is in the neighbouring East Gosforth ward and is a useful resource for tenants of Your Homes Newcastle. This office provides a variety of functions, including the collection of rent and other payments, and the reporting and monitoring of repairs.
The Gosforth Customer Service Centre and Library is a modern purpose built facility based on Regent Farm Road that offers you access to a range of public services including:
Newcastle City Council Customer Service Centre (CSC) delivering over 90 different council services
A spacious library with lots of new books to choose from and PC's for public use with free internet access
Community meeting room facilities
Also located nearby is Gosforth Pool with a range of classes available.
West Gosforth has a number of schools in the ward including Archibald First School, Gosforth West Middle, Wyndham and St Charles RC Primary Schools, Westfield and Central Newcastle High.
The ward has a number of green spaces, including Dukes Moor in the south of the ward to Coxlodge Welfare Ground in the north area, and St Nicholas Park in the west.
The ward has two Metro Stations, Regents Centre and Wansbeck Road.
The West Gosforth ward boundary starts at the Blue House roundabout and heads north along the Great North Road/Gosforth High Street (odd numbers included.) Opposite the Asda Superstore, it turns west at the roundabout and follows the Metro line to Wansbeck Road station. It heads south along Wansbeck Road to Jubilee Road before turning east along Jubilee Road (odd numbers included) to the Welford Daycare Centre. The boundary continues west to the rear of St Nicholas Nature Reserve and the rear of the properties on Prince’s Meadow onto Kenton Road (Numbers 23-59 Wall Close included.) It continues south along Kenton Road to Salter’s Road, then turns west to the rear of Kenton Park Shopping Centre and continues south to the rear of Wyndham County Primary School to Nuns Moor/ Newcastle United Golf Course. Finally it travels east along the moor to the Grandstand Road/ Kenton Road junction and continues east along Grandstand Road to the Blue House roundabout.