Coxlodge

As an investigation gets under way into why a 20ft sinkhole appeared outside of homes in Newcastle, concerns have been raised by our readers. On Thursday the huge crater opened up in front of a set of garages in Craster Square in Coxlodge. While the ...

The crater opened up in front of a set of garages in Craster Square, Coxlodge, Newcastle, at around 10.50am on Thursday, leaving residents stunned. Although no-one was injured in the incident, a woman was left cowering in her garage after the ground ...

A GIANT hole in a North-East residential street over disused mine workings is to be filled with stones. The Coal Authority, which oversees former pit sites, has confirmed the 20ft or 6m hole in Craster Square in the Coxlodge area of Newcastle, is the ...

Work is due to begin this morning to repair a 20ft sinkhole, which opened on a residential street in Newcastle. Sinkhole exposes disused mine shaft beneath street. The gaping hole, in Craster Square in the Coxlodge area of Gosforth, appeared next to a ...

Coal Authority spokesman John Delaney said its staff have been sent to the scene of a 20ft hole which opened up in Craster Square, near Coxlodge, on Thursday. He said: “They will conduct the necessary investigation to establish if it is coal mining ...

A Newcastle City Council spokesman said: “We are aware that a 20-30ft hole has appeared near Craster Square in Coxlodge, Gosforth. “We understand that this is an old shaft connected to former mine workings that belong to the National Coal Board (NCB).