Country: | England |
Official Name: | Sandyford |
Map Type: | Tyne and Wear |
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 District: | NE2; NE7 |
Postcode Area: | NE |
Dial Code: | 0191 |
Static Image Name: | Sandyford Road - geograph.org.uk - 1126608.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Sandyford Road, the north-west boundary of Sandyford (on the right) |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ257658 |
Councillor1: | Arlene Ainsley (Labour) Felicity Mendelson (Labour) Judy Pearce (Labour) |
Sandyford is a small district in central Newcastle upon Tyne. It represents the north-eastern border of central Newcastle, with the suburbs of Jesmond to the north and Heaton to the east.
Similarly to neighbouring Jesmond, Sandyford is home to a large number of students because of its close proximity to Newcastle University and Northumbria University.
Sandyford's housing stock is mostly red brick Victorian terraced housing, and many of these are Tyneside flats. Towards the south-east, the residential streets run steeply downwards to Jesmond Dene.
In the south of Sandyford, there are some light industrial business buildings, including offices and small warehouses.
Sandyford is serviced by the Tyne and Wear Metro, with the nearest station being Jesmond Metro station.[1]