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Welcome to Newcastle City Breaks Visitor Guide
Newcastle upon Tyne (also known as The Toon) is one of Britain's best city break destinations and the buzzing city of Newcastle has become something of a cultural mecca, with many new museums, galleries(Baltic) and concert halls (Sage).
Start with our 50 city breaks highlights of Newcastle & Gateshead
Shopping in Newcastle
A second bonus of a very pedestrian city is the shopping. Newcastle is renowned for setting standards in urban fashion and has a very wide range of shops for all taste. see our information on Shopping in Newcastle
Newcastle Nightlife
No city pulses quite like Newcastle in the evening. It is partly to do with the naturally gregarious nature of the natives and partly the quite remarkable number of bars, restaurants and clubs that pack the city centre and seem to stay open 24 hours a day.
We have a detailed guide to going out in Newcastle in the evening. including
Eating out in Newcastle
Newcastle has a growing reputation for eating out. check out our recommended Restaurants in Newcastle
Newcastle Accommodation
We have a wide selection of hotels in and around Newcastle itself, Gateshead over the Tyne (or further afield in Sunderland), with hotel and guesthouse accommodation in both the centre of Newcastle as well as the outer areas of Newcastle. There are Newcastle hotels available in the city centre, in the Quayside , in Jesmond , as well as Osborne Road and the Haymarket. Weekend and city break visitors (and especially stag and hen groups) in Newcastle make hotels and other accommodation very busy at the weekend and as a result, most Newcastle hotels do not offer price discounts for Friday and Saturday nights for you city break visitors. They are just too busy.
Football
Newcastle United (The Magpies), Newcastle's football club and their passionate supporters, play their home games at St. James's Park, which seats about 55,000 people and is in the very centre of town (You can see it from the station as you arrive). With a large number of absolutely passionate supporters (aka The Toon Army), sourcing tickets for The Magpies home games means tickets always have to be booked early.
Other Sporting clubs in the region are: Sunderland Football Club aka The Black Cats who apply their trade at the famous The Stadium of Light, the The Falcons who play up at Kingston Kark and the The Eagles and the The Vipers who both play at the Newcastle Metro Arena.
Newcastle's Visitor Attractions
Newcastle has many visitor attractions, Local Landmarks, historic monuments and historic buildings:
- Gateshead Millennium Bridge
- Gateshead Music Centre - aka The Sage
- Hadrian's Wall
- Whitley Bay - Newcastle's popular seaside resort with a sandy beach and seafront promenade.
- Customs House - a major entertainment and leisure complex,
- New Castle - 11th-century castle
- St. Nicholas Cathedral
- Tyne Bridge - one of the visual symbols and landmarks of Newcastle, somewhat overtaken by the new Millenium Bridge,
- Angel of the North - the largest and now most famous sculpture in the North East of England and deeply cherished by once sceptical locals
- Sea Life Aquarium
Theatres
There are number of theatres in Newcastle offering classical theatre as well as musicals, concerts and the occassional opera (!)
Attractions close to Newcastle
and within easy reach include
- Alnwick Castle
- Alnwick Gardens
- Bamburgh Castle
- Beamish The North of England Open Air Museum
- Bede World
- Belsay
- Dunstanburgh Castle
- Durham Castle
- Durham Catherdral
- Holy Island
- Hadrians Wall
- Farne Islands
- Kielder Lake
- Lindisfarne
- Wallington House and Gardens
- Warkworth Castle
- Washington Old Hall
- The Coast
- South Shields
- North Sheilds
- Tynemouth
- Whitley Bay
- Tesdale
- Segedunum
Newcastle Art Galleries
Newcastle also has a number of excellent art galleries and museums in Newcastle city centre. The coverage of contemporary art is especially strong with Baltic and Sage, but for those who think modern is rubbish there are also more traditional museums
Transport & Travel
Newcastle has a very good public transport system with Metro underground train network, very good connections onto the national train network(served by GNER and Virgin) and Newcastle Airport, which is located 6 miles from the centre of Newcastle. Newcastle is also surrounded by many major roads and motorways - including the beautiful A1. So getting here for your citybreak is easy!
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