South Gosforth is situated about two and half miles north of Newcastle It was known to be in existence in 1170 when it was part of the dowry of Richard Canville's daughter.
It is recorded that the English Army retreated to South Gosforth from a siege on Berwick.
On 20 September 1872, the parishes of South Gosforth and Coxlodge were constituted into an urban district, the South Gosforth Local Board. After the 1894 Local Government Act, it became the South Gosforth Urban District Council
The railway station was originally opened as Gosforth, being renamed South Gosforth on 1st March 1905. Most of the fomer railway buildings were demolished to make way for the Metro Control Centre, which is sited alongside Platform 2 (northbound), but the original North Eastern Railway cast iron footbridge remains. The metro station opened in 1980.
The Brandlings of Newcastle were a wealthy family of merchants and land and coal owners in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland and although the family is long gone their name is still remembered in South Gosforth with the Brandling Villa pub on Hadricks Mills Road.
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