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

Lats/Lons:

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