Longbenton is a district of North Tyneside

North Tyneside

The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England and is part of the Tyneside conurbation. Its seat is Wallsend Town Hall....

, England

England

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. It is largely occupied by an extensive estate originally built as municipal housing by Newcastle City Council in the 1950s and 1960s. It is served by the Tyne and Wear Metro

Tyne and Wear Metro

The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a light rail system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007–2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...

 stations Longbenton Metro station

Longbenton Metro station

Longbenton Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network. It is set amongst the residential streets of the Longbenton area of Newcastle upon Tyne, although is probably more utilised due to its proximity to St Mary's RC Comprehensive School and the HMRC office complex, which the...

 and Four Lane Ends Metro Station

Four Lane Ends Metro station

Four Lane Ends Metro station is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro network. It forms part of a major transport interchange located on the boundary of North Tyneside and Newcastle upon Tyne in England.-Location:...

. Nearby places are Killingworth

Killingworth

Killingworth, formerly Killingworth Township, is a town north of Newcastle Upon Tyne, in North Tyneside, United Kingdom.Built as a planned town in the 1960s, most of Killingworth's residents commute to Newcastle, or the city's surrounding area. However, Killingworth itself has a sizeable...

, Forest Hall

Forest Hall

Forest Hall is a village east of Benton in North Tyneside in the north of England.-Facilities:There are pubs, social clubs and a shopping centre with a variety of shops, take away food outlets and two restaurants. It has two supermarkets. One is Sainsbury's Local, which opened in November 2007...

, Four Lane Ends, West Moor

West Moor

West Moor is a small place in Tyne and Wear, UK.West Moor began as a colliery village around the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was so-called because it lies to the west of the ancient Killingworth Moor, which has now disappeared under development. It was at the colliery here in 1804 that...

, Heaton

Heaton, Newcastle

Heaton is a residential suburb and is split into two electoral wards located in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, about from the City Centre. It is bordered by the neighbouring areas of Benton and Cochrane Park to the north, Walker and Walkergate to the east, Byker to the south and...

 and South Gosforth

Gosforth

Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, to the north of the city centre. Gosforth constituted an urban district from 1895 to 1974, when it became part of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. It has a population of 23,620...

, in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...

. Longbenton and Killingworth Urban Area has a population of 34,878.

Education

Two secondary schools are located in the township, Longbenton Community College

Longbenton Community College

Longbenton Community College is a large secondary school in Benton, North Tyneside. Operating under the two-tier system in North Tyneside, the school takes students from age 11-18...

 and St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School

St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School

St Mary's Catholic School is an English secondary school in Longbenton, Newcastle, England.- History :St Mary's started life as a technical school for boys in 1954, and was located on Bath Lane off Westgate Road in Newcastle until September 1966. As a result of the re-organisation of Catholic...

, along with three primary schools. The three primary schools are Benton Dene Primary School, Balliol Primary School and St. Stephen's Primary School.

Longbenton have an affiliated team in the Tyneside Amateur football League Longbenton Football Club playing in Division 2.

Churches

Longbenton is served by St. Mary Magdalene (Church of England) on West Farm Ave, St. Peter and Paul's RC Church on the Longbenton side of Benton Lane as well as the Methodist church on Chesters Ave.

Business

Longbenton is the site of BT

BT Group

BT Group plc is a global telecommunications services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the world and has operations in more than 170 countries. Through its BT Global Services division it is a major supplier of...

's Newcastle call centre. Balliol Business Park is located in Longbenton where a Greggs

Greggs

Greggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....

 production site and, until recently, two large Sitel

Sitel

Sitel is a telemarketing and outsourcing business headquartered in Nashville, TN. It maintains over 140 call centers in 27 countries.Prior to its acquisition by ClientLogic, described below, it had 70 call centers in 25 countries and over 30,000 employees...

 call centres were located. The UK production site for the Findus

Findus

Findus is a company that produces and retails frozen food. Its products include Crispy Pancakes, which were invented in the early 1970s.- Origins :...

 frozen food brand was based in Longbenton until mid-January 2009 when, through cost-cutting and fire damage, the factory was closed, with the loss of around 400 jobs.

Notable residents

Footballer Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE is an English former footballer who played between 1979 and 1999. He once set a record transfer fee in the game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain...

 grew up in Longbenton and attended Longbenton High School (now Longbenton Community College).

Government agencies

HM Revenue & Customs and Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions

The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and...

 share a major base on the Longbenton/City of Newcastle upon Tyne border, known as Benton Park View

Benton Park View

-Overview:Benton Park View located in Longbenton, a suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, is a multi-agency site of the UK Government. The complex is one of the largest civilian government complexes in Europe...

. The site employs around 7,500 workers and is a significant employment source in the area.

External links

• Longbenton F.C The Official Website for Longbenton Football Club.
• Longbenton F.C About Longbenton F.C - The Story Behind the Club.