Tyne and Wear HER(4626): Gosforth Park, Tramway/Light Railway - Details
4626
Newcastle
Gosforth Park, Tramway/Light Railway
Gosforth
NZ27SW NZ27SE
Transport
Tramway Transport Site
Tramway
Early Modern
C19-C20
Documentary Evidence
Whilst horse racing continues in Gosforth Park, the tram service which once brought people in their thousands to race days has long since disappeared. When the racecourse was set up at Gosforth Park in 1882, there was no direct transport facility. The nearest station was Killingworth, and the tram extended no further than Gosforth High Street 2 miles away. The Gosforth Park Light Railway extended the tramlines to the gates of the Park and later through the park itself. Extra sidings were installed at Killingworth to handle special race trains. The tramway and the Gosforth Park terminus were owned by the Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company until 1930. Part of the line of the tramway is still distinguishable, and some bases of tram posts can be found in the undergrowth.
2433
7143
NZ24337143
<< HER 4626 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 32;
J. Ross, 1995, A Day at the Races, Kenton Local History Society, Bulletin No. 7, p 14; Plan of North Gosforth Light Railway, Northumberland County Archive, Q/R/UP/277; Plan of the Northumberland Railway, 1844, Q/R/UP/63; Plan of Gosforth Park Light Railway, Tyne and Wear Archives, D.NCP/4/227; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 50