Killingworth Village


Killingworth Village
Killingworth Village
Killingworth Village shown within Tyne and Wear
Population 9,746 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid reference NZ2870
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district NE12
Dialling code 0191
Police Northumbria
Fire Tyne and Wear
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament

Killingworth Village, sometimes known as "Old Killingworth", is a small village south of the modern town of Killingworth, and north of Forest Hall in North Tyneside, North East England.

St. John the Evangelist Church

The village church was designed by Bassett Keeling of London, and is faced with local stone, with bands of pink sandstone from a local quarry. It is surrounded by elm and sycamore trees, and ministers to a wide age-group including young families.

Public houses

There are two public houses in Killingworth Village: the Plough and The Killingworth Arms.
Killingworth Arms Football Club is a Sunday league team, in the North East Sunday Football League Division D.

References

  1. ↑ "North Tyneside ward population 2011". Retrieved 3 July 2015.
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