Kingston Park

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Kingston Park is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, about 4mi north west of the city centre.It is home to several large retailers, the largest being one of Tesco's flagship stores—at 11,055 square metres (119,000 sq ft) which was also the largest supermarket in the United Kingdom for a period of time. Kingston Park is served by Kingston Park station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.HistoryThe suburb was largely built in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and its Metro station was not part of the original system, because the area did not have the required population density when the Metro was first planned. In the 2010s the Great Park development began to extend north from Kingston Park.The residential areas were originally named Kingston Park, Kenton Bank Foot, Tudor Grange and Ouseburn Park, although over time all of these have come to be known collectively as Kingston Park. Most of the housing to the south of Kingston Park Metro station was built by developers such as Leech and originally sold on a leasehold basis. Some of the housing to the north of the station was built as council-owned rented properties, although many were bought by tenants under the Government's right-to-buy scheme.Shopping and businessAside from Tesco Extra, other stores on the Kingston Retail Park include, Boots, Brantano, Carphone Warehouse, Currys, Greggs, Halfords, Homebase (including an Argos kiosk), Marks & Spencer, Matalan, McDonald's, Mothercare, Next, PC World, Pets at Home, Poundland, T.K. Maxx and William Hill.

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Kingston Park is Newcastle upon Tyne based place and this enity listed in Region category. Contact phone number of Kingston Park: <<not-applicable>>