Fawdon

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| map_alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|55.014|-1.645|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Fawdon

| population = 10,090

| population_ref = (2011 Census)

| population_density_sqmi =

| metropolitan_borough = Newcastle upon Tyne

| metropolitan_county = Tyne and Wear

| region = North East England

| constituency_westminster = Newcastle upon Tyne North

| post_town = NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

| postcode_area = NE

| postcode_district = NE3

| dial_code = 0191

| os_grid_reference = NZ228688

| london_distance_mi =

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| static_image_name = Fawdon Park Centre.jpg

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| static_image_caption = Fawdon Park Centre

| councillors = Nick Cott (Liberal Democrats)
Brenda Hindmarsh (Liberal Democrats)
Peter Lovatt (Liberal Democrats)

}}

Fawdon is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is also close to the A1 western bypass. The population of the ward is 10,890, reducing to 10,090 at the 2011 Census,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689602&c=Fawdon&d=14&e=62&g=6358282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1436102208703&enc=1|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=5 July 2015|archive-date=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714012449/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689602&c=Fawdon&d=14&e=62&g=6358282&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1436102208703&enc=1|url-status=dead}} 5.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 53.6%, lower than the city average of 54.7%. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.

It is situated about {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} north-by-west from Newcastle City Centre and is at the site of three colliery villages which were known as High Fawdon, Fawdon Square and Low Fawdon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/books/votc-13.htm|website=Durham Mining Museum|title=Views of the Coalfields}} Fawdon Square was the birthplace of 19th-century poet and songwriter Marshall Cresswell.

Transport and shopping

The Fawdon Wagonway (1818–1826) was an early cable car built by Benjamin Thompson.

Fawdon is now served by Fawdon Metro station. Fawdon Metro station stands on the site of the former Coxlodge station that was part of the Ponteland Railway.{{Cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/coxlodge/|website=Disused Stations|title=Coxlodge Station}} This is situated just behind the Fawdon Park Centre, a shopping centre that was built in 1967; it houses Fawdon Post Office and various shops.

In March 2008 the City Council took the decision to demolish Fawdon Park House whilst retaining the shops on the ground level. Fawdon Park House was originally built in the 1960s as part of the Fawdon Park Centre development.{{PastScape|mnumber=1499638|access-date=6 October 2015}} Tenants left in September 2009 and demolition of the building finally commenced in late 2012{{cite news |last1=Weatherall |first1=Nicola |title=Fawdon tower block is finally being demolished |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/fawdon-tower-block-finally-being-1371676 |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=ChronicleLive |date=24 September 2012 |language=en}} following asbestos removal.

Business

Fawdon is the site of the Fawdon Factory, a Nestlé Rowntree's factory on Rowan Drive, which opened in 1958,{{cite news |title=Fawdon Nestle factory closure: Boris Johnson urged to intervene |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-56955933 |access-date=12 September 2021 |work=BBC News |date=1 May 2021}} employs 600 workers and produces 40,000 tonnes of chocolate a year. It is Nestlé's second largest UK factory after York.{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/drugs-found-among-jelly-tots-7680152|title=Drugs found among Jelly Tots on the production line at Nestle factory in Fawdon|author=Will Metcalfe|date=27 August 2014|work=nechronicle}} The site makes Blue Riband, Breakaway (since 1970), Caramac (since 1959), Fruit pastilles, Rolo, and Yorkie biscuits. The Munchies brand moved there in 2006, from York.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4766352.stm |work=BBC News |title=275 jobs to go at chocolate firm |date=2 March 2006 |access-date=6 May 2017}} The site used to extensively use the rail sidings and track now used by the Metro. In 2021 Nestlé announced plans to close the Fawdon Factory by 2023.{{cite news |title=Nestle to cut almost 600 jobs and shut Newcastle factory |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-56916383 |access-date=28 April 2021 |work=BBC News |date=28 April 2021}} The Caramac bar was discontinued entirely by Nestlé in 2023 rather than moving production to another site.{{cite news |title=Fans lament as Nestlé axes Caramac bar after 64 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67355475 |access-date=8 November 2023 |work=BBC News |date=8 November 2023}} The building, but not any of Nestlé's business, is due to be transferred to Country Style Foods in 2024.{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Coreena |title=Nestle workers thrown lifeline as axed Fawdon factory is sold to bakery business |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/nestle-workers-thrown-lifeline-axed-28185171?fbclid=IwAR2ai6LaMrUbrG1AQKNPs8SyGCpXEDjB_SGmtBILp5d7IX-apcg8ZuHyGNA |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Chronicle Live |date=27 November 2023 |language=en}}

The pharmaceutical company Accord Healthcare has a 22-acre manufacturing site in Fawdon.{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/pharmaceuticals-factory-promising-create-500-14203391 |title=Pharmaceuticals factory promising to create 500 jobs opens in Newcastle |publisher=Evening Chronicle |date=25 January 2018 |access-date=25 January 2018}} The Accord site was previously used by the fellow pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis before leaving the site in 2015.

Education and recreation

The Fawdon ward has two schools, Regent Farm First School and North Fawdon Primary School{{Cite web|title=Welcome to North Fawdon|url=http://northfawdon.smartacademies.net/website|access-date=2021-03-30|website=northfawdon.smartacademies.net|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413094911/http://northfawdon.smartacademies.net/website|url-status=dead}} these are both for children under the ages of 11.

Fawdon also has a combined library and community centre located on Fawdon Park Road.{{cite web |title=Fawdon Community Library |url=https://fawdoncommunitylibrary.com/ |access-date=12 September 2021 |language=en}} The local football team is based there, Fawdon FC. Fawdon FC play in the NABC leagues in different age groups.

Fawdon Library has computers with free internet access as well as books and newspapers.{{cite web|url=http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/libraries/branch-libraries-and-opening-hours/fawdon-partnership-library|title=Fawdon Partnership Library|work=newcastle.gov.uk|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-date=15 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315203021/http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/libraries/branch-libraries-and-opening-hours/fawdon-partnership-library|url-status=dead}} It has been run by volunteers since 2015.{{cite web |title=Fawdon Community Library |url=https://fawdoncommunitylibrary.com/}} North Kenton Park, the home of Kenton sports centre, is in this ward{{cite web|url=http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/parks-and-countryside/our-parks/north-kenton-park|title=North Kenton Park|work=newcastle.gov.uk|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-date=18 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318205751/http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-tourism/parks-and-countryside/our-parks/north-kenton-park|url-status=dead}} and covers 42,500 square metres. Fawdon Park is also in the ward.{{cite web|url=http://fawdon.newcastle.gov.uk/|title=Home|work=newcastle.gov.uk|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421110518/http://fawdon.newcastle.gov.uk/|archive-date=21 April 2015|url-status=dead}}

Ward boundaries

File:Regent Farm First School.jpg

The boundary of Fawdon ward begins at the footbridge over the Ouseburn and it continues along the Ouseburn to the A1. The boundary heads southwest to Hazeldene Avenue where it turns and carries on east into Quentin Avenue. At the bowling green the boundary heads south to Kirkwood Drive and turns south at the east of Mountfield Primary School. It turns eastward between Kirkwood Drive and Mountfield Gardens and runs along the southern edge of the allotment gardens. At Kenton Road the boundary runs north and then east onto Souter Road. It then continues to the south of Lambert Square and on to the back of Wall Close onto Wall Street. From Wall Street it heads northwest along Jubilee Road to the Wansbeck Road roundabout. It runs north of Wansbeck Road South past Regent Farm First School and Wansbeck Park Metro onto Wansbeck Road North to the Kingston Park Road roundabout. Then the boundary runs north along the properties to Kingston Park Road.

Demographics

class="wikitable"
Age group ! Number
Under 16 \| 2,239
16–24 \| 1,590
25–44 \| 2,916
45–64 \| 2,212
65–74 \| 1,051
75+ \| 500

class="wikitable"

Age group

! Number

Under 16

| 2,239

16–24

| 1,590

25–44

| 2,916

45–64

| 2,212

65–74

| 1,051

75+

| 500

class="wikitable"
Ethnicity ! Number ! %
White \| 10,110 \| 96.8
Afro-Caribbean \| 25 \| 0.2
South Asian \| 175 \| 1.7
Chinese \| 33 \| 0.3
Other \| 107 \| 1

class="wikitable"

Ethnicity

! Number

! %

White

| 10,110

| 96.8

Afro-Caribbean

| 25

| 0.2

South Asian

| 175

| 1.7

Chinese

| 33

| 0.3

Other

| 107

| 1

The ward has 4,908 housing spaces of which 4.8% are vacant, which is lower than the city average of 5.3%. Owner occupied property stands at 49.2%, slightly lower than the city average of 53.3%. The properties are as follows.

class="wikitable"
Property type ! Number ! %
Detached \| 358 \| 7.3
Semi-detached \| 2,040 \| 41.5
Terraced \| 1,055 \| 21.5
Flats \| 1,460 \| 29.7
Other \| 0 \| 0

class="wikitable"

Property type

! Number

! %

Detached

| 358

| 7.3

Semi-detached

| 2,040

| 41.5

Terraced

| 1,055

| 21.5

Flats

| 1,460

| 29.7

Other

| 0

History

Fawdon was formerly a township in the parish of Gosforth,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9145|title=History of Fawdon, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 January 2024}} in 1866 Elswick became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Newcastle upon Tyne and Gosforth.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10315244|title=Relationships and changes Fawdon CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 January 2024}} In 1931 the parish had a population of 1003.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10315244/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Fawdon CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 January 2024}} It is now in the unparished area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

References

External links

[http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/f016.htm Fawdon Colliery]
[https://fawdoncommunitylibrary.com/ Fawdon Community Library]
[https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/fawdon/ Fawdon | Co-Curate]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070323085412/http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/infofawdon Newcastle Council census 2001 Fawdon]

Category:Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne

Category:Wards of Newcastle upon Tyne

Category:Former civil parishes in Tyne and Wear