The ward has two Tyne and Wear Metro stations: Regent Centre and Wansbeck Road.
[4] The new Gosforth Library and Customer Service Centre building was formally opened on 8 February 2008 by John Grundy, a local resident and television presenter.
West Gosforth has a business park, called Regent Centre, which includes the headquarters of Virgin Money (formerly Northern Rock), the UK's 6th largest bank.
Opposite the Asda Superstore, it turns west at the roundabout and follows the Metro line to Wansbeck Road station.
It continues south along Kenton Road to Salter's Road, then turns west to the rear of Kenton Park Shopping Centre and continues south to the rear of Wyndham County Primary School to Nuns Moor/Newcastle United Golf Course.