At Dipton Park, you’ll find facilities for tennis and bowls - and the local community centre provides a venue for other activities.

For leisure and entertainment, Newcastle is hard to beat, with scores of restaurants and pubs, cinemas, lively nightclubs, theatres and music venues big and small. For lovers of contemporary art, The Baltic Centre in Gateshead sets the benchmark in fine design and the revitalised quayside and delightful bankside attractions of the Tyne will appeal to both families and couples young and old.

If you feel like a day out, you’ll be spoilt for choice - from Hadrian’s Wall to the Yorkshire Dales, Durham Cathedral to the Angel of the North, racing at Hexham or Newcastle and much more besides.

Whether it’s getting out and about or getting into work, you’ve easy access to the region’s major road network, regular rail services north and south from Newcastle’s mainline station and flights throughout the UK and Europe from Newcastle International Airport.

Dipton has a selection of shops for your everyday needs, while a trip to Newcastle or the renowned Metro Centre offers virtually all the choice and variety you could wish.