2018; planning permission was granted for it to re-open as a bar, and it now trades under the name Barluga. Woodbine Road Primitive Methodist. This church has been amalgamated into Trinity Church. The premises are now occupied by the Community Foundation, having previously been used by the Northern Rock Foundation. South Gosforth Methodist Church was on Freeman Road near the Freeman Hospital. It is now Trinity Christian Community Centre, administered by Trinity Church, Gosforth. Regent Chapel. In 1938 a group of Christian families living in the Gosforth area felt the need for a Bible-based church for weekly services. The church was able to rent premises above the Co-operative Society on the Great North Road in Gosforth, and the new church began to meet there and take shape. In 1960, the present site in Regent Farm Road became available and with some imaginative planning a new building which cost £7,500 was built on the site. United Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. The synagogue on Graham Park Road was in use from 1986 to 2019. Notable people Born in Gosforth Donna Air – actress and television presenter. Michael Chopra – footballer for Blackpool F.C. Robbie Elliott – retired footballer, current strength coach for United States U-20 men's football team. Anna Gilthorpe – actress. Wilfred Josephs – composer. Joan B. Lee – actress and model, wife of Stan Lee. Angela Milner - Palaeontologist Ben Price – actor. Alan Shearer – retired international footballer. Scotty T - Television Personality Tod Slaughter- Actor and Theatre Manager Residents of Gosforth Richard Adams – fair-trade businessman – lived in Gosforth. Jonathan Edwards – triple jump world record holder. John Grundy – television presenter, teacher and author. Tony Harrison – poet. Rowland Hodge – shipbuilder (lived at Coxlodge Hall). David Knopfler – guitarist in Dire Straits, moved to Gosforth as a child, brother of Mark. Mark Knopfler – guitarist and vocalist in Dire Straits, moved to Gosforth as a child. Andrew Leslie – shipbuilder (lived at Coxlodge Hall). Sally Morton – Tyne Tees Television announcer. Neil Tennant – musician, and one half of the Pet Shop Boys. The Tennants moved from North Shields to Gosforth when Tennant was young. Nolberto Solano – Former Newcastle United footballer. Olga and Betty Turnbull, child entertainers of the 1930s who performed for royalty. Listed buildings There are a number of buildings with listed status in Gosforth: The Stables, The Drive (Grade II) The Lodge,