Cowgate is a locality in the north-west of

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o ...

, England. It lies 2.8 miles Northwest of the City Centre. Initially it was in the Kenton ward up until 2018 which it was in the

Blakelaw Blakelaw is an Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral ward situated in the West End of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England, North East England. The population of the ward is 11,186, which is 4.6% of the city's population. Car ...

ward. The name is believed to come from the gate the local farmers would use from the Nuns Moor area to herd their livestock to the Newcastle cattle market. The Cowgate estate was built in the 1920s. In 2007 the Index of Multiple Deprivation identified the southern part of the estate as the most deprived area in the city and the 28th most deprived in England. Carricks Bakery, which was later acquired by Greggs, was located in the area. The bakery was closed in 2005, and the work was transferred to other facilities in Newcastle.

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Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne {{TyneandWear-geo-stub