Guidebook for Newcastle upon Tyne

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Guidebook for Newcastle upon Tyne

Arts & Culture

Music venue
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Sage Gateshead
Saint Mary's Square
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Music venue
Art centre
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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
South Shore Road
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Art centre
Local history with great exhibits (including wonderful marine models)
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Музей открытий
Blandford Square
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Local history with great exhibits (including wonderful marine models)
Independent cultural cinema with relaxed upstairs cafe, ground floor cocktail bar, and great street-level cafe (with free mini-cinema) https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/food-drink/tyneside-bar-cafe
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Tyneside Cinema
10 Pilgrim St
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Independent cultural cinema with relaxed upstairs cafe, ground floor cocktail bar, and great street-level cafe (with free mini-cinema) https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/food-drink/tyneside-bar-cafe
Nicely remodelled natural history museum
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Большой Северный музей
Barras Bridge
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Nicely remodelled natural history museum
60's office building now used as artists studios etc
Commercial Union House
60's office building now used as artists studios etc

Shopping

My little local supermarket
Tesco Petrol Station
Kenton Lane
My little local supermarket
Originally Bainbridge's, the first department store in the world
John Lewis & Partners
Percy Street
Originally Bainbridge's, the first department store in the world
Good market at Metro station Saturday and Sunday http://www.tynemouthmarkets.com/
Tynemouth station
Good market at Metro station Saturday and Sunday http://www.tynemouthmarkets.com/
Local shops including nice butcher and green grocer.
Ashburton Road
Ashburton Road
Local shops including nice butcher and green grocer.

Everything Else

Metro station. Pool, gym, library across the road
Regent Centre Station
Metro station. Pool, gym, library across the road
Also home to Northern Stage theatre
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Newcastle University
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Also home to Northern Stage theatre
Nearest Metro station
Wansbeck Road Station
Nearest Metro station
For journey planning around the area see http://www.travelinenortheast.info/pages/home.aspx.
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Central Station
Neville Street
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For journey planning around the area see http://www.travelinenortheast.info/pages/home.aspx.

Food Scene

Pubs (The County is my choice), restaurants (Ahad is a friendly Indian; Italian, Chinese, etc) and shops (including great hardware shop, and a Sainsbury's)
Back High Street
Back High Street
Pubs (The County is my choice), restaurants (Ahad is a friendly Indian; Italian, Chinese, etc) and shops (including great hardware shop, and a Sainsbury's)
Great home made ice cream at the Italian cafe and shop on the main roundabout. Seaton Delaval Hall nearby well worth a visit (National Trust)
Seaton Delaval
Great home made ice cream at the Italian cafe and shop on the main roundabout. Seaton Delaval Hall nearby well worth a visit (National Trust)
Quirky, charming, tall & narrow restaurant - have had some great meals there over many years.
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Blagraves House Restaurant
30-32 The Bank
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Quirky, charming, tall & narrow restaurant - have had some great meals there over many years.
Characterful pub with beer, food and dogs
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The Brandling Villa
Haddricks Mill Road
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Characterful pub with beer, food and dogs

Sightseeing

First of many remote and unspoilt long sandy Northumberland beaches heading north.
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Druridge Bay
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First of many remote and unspoilt long sandy Northumberland beaches heading north.
Possibly the most dramatic of the many castles around Northumberland. Overlooks cricket pitch with cream teas in pavilion. Don't miss the beach.
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Замок Бамберг
40 The Wynding
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Possibly the most dramatic of the many castles around Northumberland. Overlooks cricket pitch with cream teas in pavilion. Don't miss the beach.
Perhaps the region's number one visitor destination. Early evening walk through the cloister into the college at the back, out through the arch, turn right, and stop for view on Prebends Bridge.
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Durham
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Perhaps the region's number one visitor destination. Early evening walk through the cloister into the college at the back, out through the arch, turn right, and stop for view on Prebends Bridge.
Walks, ruins, museums, etc at various points. My favourite is walk from Steel Rigg to Sycamore Gap.
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Hadrian's Wall Path
Hadrian's Wall Path
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Walks, ruins, museums, etc at various points. My favourite is walk from Steel Rigg to Sycamore Gap.
Mouth of the Tyne ruin, with views to suit
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Тайнмаут Прайори и замок
Pier Road
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Mouth of the Tyne ruin, with views to suit
My favourite local National Trust place: great house, extensive gardens (including spectacular rhododendron woods in June) and stable block restaurant.
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National Trust - Cragside
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My favourite local National Trust place: great house, extensive gardens (including spectacular rhododendron woods in June) and stable block restaurant.
Whitewashed square by the beach (Dunstanbrough Castle ruins at the other end) with special pub.
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Low Newton-by-the-Sea
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Whitewashed square by the beach (Dunstanbrough Castle ruins at the other end) with special pub.
Wood just next to Ros Castle, a small hill and iron age fortification with views of seven castles on a clear day.
Hepburn Wood
Wood just next to Ros Castle, a small hill and iron age fortification with views of seven castles on a clear day.
Including the ruined priory and the Lutyens refubished castle. Tidal causeway, so check tide times.
Holy Island
Including the ruined priory and the Lutyens refubished castle. Tidal causeway, so check tide times.
Perfect stone built village square with newly (2014) refurbed historic pub. Some good walks nearby.
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Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
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Perfect stone built village square with newly (2014) refurbed historic pub. Some good walks nearby.
Biggest waterfall in the region with nice woodland walks.
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Водопады Хай-Форс
Alston Road
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Biggest waterfall in the region with nice woodland walks.
Pleasant small lake and woodland walk. Nearby Shaftoe Crags great for slightly more energetic (and bouldering) - head for tiny lake east of Bolam Lake, parking at cattle grid.
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Национальный парк Болам-Лейк
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Pleasant small lake and woodland walk. Nearby Shaftoe Crags great for slightly more energetic (and bouldering) - head for tiny lake east of Bolam Lake, parking at cattle grid.
Pleasant country town possibly best known for proximity to Cragside. Simonside just to the south is possibly the best hill walk within an hour of Newcastle.
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Rothbury
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Pleasant country town possibly best known for proximity to Cragside. Simonside just to the south is possibly the best hill walk within an hour of Newcastle.

Drinks & Nightlife

Small traditional beer drinkers' pub on Newcastle's Quayside. Side Cinema next door. Walk under the Tyne Bridge to Millennium Bridge (which takes you to Baltic).
Crown Posada
31 Side
Small traditional beer drinkers' pub on Newcastle's Quayside. Side Cinema next door. Walk under the Tyne Bridge to Millennium Bridge (which takes you to Baltic).
Friendly local pub - good food and beer, nice walks on beach and headland.
The King's Arms
West Terrace
Friendly local pub - good food and beer, nice walks on beach and headland.
Perfect green village with lovely food and good beer (when I was there last).
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The Rose & Crown at Romaldkirk
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Perfect green village with lovely food and good beer (when I was there last).
Unpretentious pub with good beer and views, and nice jukebox selection.
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The Free Trade Inn
12 St Lawrence Rd
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Unpretentious pub with good beer and views, and nice jukebox selection.
Traditional unspoiled pub with lots of Irish and other music and good beer.
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The Suggestibles at The Cumberland Arms
James Place Street
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Traditional unspoiled pub with lots of Irish and other music and good beer.
Traditional local with good beer. Major rugby games sometimes feature.
County
70 High St
Traditional local with good beer. Major rugby games sometimes feature.

Essentials

Farm shop with all sorts of goodies, plus cafe.
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Brocksbushes Pick Your Own Fruit Farm
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Farm shop with all sorts of goodies, plus cafe.