Sandyford is a district of 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...

, located in the east end of the city. It is bordered by the City Centre and the districts of Jesmond

Jesmond

Jesmond is a residential suburb and is split into two electoral wards just north of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The population is about 12,000. It is adjacent to, and to the east of, the Town Moor, providing pedestrian and cycle paths to Spital Tongues and the city's two Universities...

 and 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...

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Population

Sandyford is a largely student dominated area of Newcastle upon Tyne due to its close proximity to the two Universities in the city: Newcastle University and Northumbria University

Northumbria University

Northumbria University is an academic institution located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. It is a member of the University Alliance.- History :...

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It is similar to both Heaton and Jesmond in terms of street layout and architecture. The housing stock is mostly of red brick Victorian

Victorian era

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 terraced

Terraced house

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 housing, and many of these are Tyneside flats. Towards the South of the area there are some light industrial businesses, and towards the South-East the residential streets run steeply down towards Jesmond Dene

Jesmond Dene

Jesmond Dene is a public park in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It occupies the narrow steep-sided valley of a small stream known as the Ouseburn: in North-east England, such valleys are commonly known as denes....

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Sandyford is home to FPP Brand Communications - the European award winning communications agency, and several local commodities, including a shop, an Italian bistro, an Italian restaurant, three sandwich shops, an award winning fish'n'chip

Fish and chips

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 shop, a Chinese takeaway, a Post Office

Post office

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and a car garage. The suburb also hosts four hairdressers.