Balliol Business Park is located in Longbenton where a Greggs production site and, until recently, two large Sitel call centres were located.
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The UK production site for the Findus frozen food brand was based in Longbenton until mid-January 2009 when, through cost-cutting and fire damage, the factory was closed, with the loss of around 400 jobs.
Longbenton Community College is part of the North-West Cluster, which also includes George Stephenson High School and Seaton Burn College.
Rather than a village, West Moor might nowadays best be described as a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne; it is close to Killingworth, Forest Hall, Longbenton and Gosforth Park.