Guidebook for Newcastle upon Tyne

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Guidebook for Newcastle upon Tyne

Arts & Culture

Music venue
67 locals recommend
Sage Gateshead
Saint Mary's Square
67 locals recommend
Music venue
Art centre
139 locals recommend
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
South Shore Road
139 locals recommend
Art centre
Local history with great exhibits (including wonderful marine models)
58 locals recommend
The Discovery Museum
Blandford Square
58 locals recommend
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
37 locals recommend
Tyneside Cinema
10 Pilgrim St
37 locals recommend
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
50 locals recommend
The Great North Museum
Barras Bridge
50 locals recommend
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
9 locals recommend
Newcastle University
9 locals recommend
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.
9 locals recommend
Central Station
Neville Street
9 locals recommend
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.
6 locals recommend
Blagraves House Restaurant
30-32 The Bank
6 locals recommend
Quirky, charming, tall & narrow restaurant - have had some great meals there over many years.
Characterful pub with beer, food and dogs
11 locals recommend
The Brandling Villa
Haddricks Mill Road
11 locals recommend
Characterful pub with beer, food and dogs

Sightseeing

First of many remote and unspoilt long sandy Northumberland beaches heading north.
31 locals recommend
Druridge Bay
31 locals recommend
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.
235 locals recommend
Bamburgh Castle
40 The Wynding
235 locals recommend
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.
117 locals recommend
Durham
117 locals recommend
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.
6 locals recommend
Hadrian's Wall Path
Hadrian's Wall Path
6 locals recommend
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
39 locals recommend
Tynemouth Priory and Castle
Pier Road
39 locals recommend
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.
106 locals recommend
National Trust - Cragside
106 locals recommend
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.
14 locals recommend
Low Newton-by-the-Sea
14 locals recommend
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.
18 locals recommend
Lord Crewe Arms Hotel
18 locals recommend
Perfect stone built village square with newly (2014) refurbed historic pub. Some good walks nearby.
Biggest waterfall in the region with nice woodland walks.
116 locals recommend
High Force Waterfalls
Alston Road
116 locals recommend
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.
10 locals recommend
Bolam Lake Country Park
10 locals recommend
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.
47 locals recommend
Rothbury
47 locals recommend
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).
19 locals recommend
The Rose & Crown at Romaldkirk
19 locals recommend
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.
24 locals recommend
The Free Trade Inn
12 St Lawrence Rd
24 locals recommend
Unpretentious pub with good beer and views, and nice jukebox selection.
Traditional unspoiled pub with lots of Irish and other music and good beer.
20 locals recommend
The Suggestibles at The Cumberland Arms
James Place Street
20 locals recommend
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.
7 locals recommend
Brocksbushes Pick Your Own Fruit Farm
7 locals recommend
Farm shop with all sorts of goodies, plus cafe.