Druid Park

HER Number

16964

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Druid Park

Place

Woolsington

Map Sheet

NZ17NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Rugby Football Ground

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

The home of Newcastle Blue Star Football Club until 2007. Now the home of Gosforth Rugby Football Club. Gosforth RFC was re-formed in 1996 by a group of the original members who were unhappy when the club went professional. The re-formed club set up at Bullocksteads and adopted their old kit of green and white hoops.

Easting

419020

Northing

570600

Grid Reference

NZ419020570600

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 113