Newcastle - Great Outdoors vs. Incredible Indoors

Newcastle is renowned for its superb cultural attractions as well as its vibrant nightlife. The dazzling new quayside development, where Newcastle meets Gateshead, is awash with restaurants, bars, cafes and ground-breaking museums and arts centres. But Newcastle has the unique quality for a city of also offering a rich and varied outdoor and rural experience. Forests and parks, sweeping landscapes and fabulous outdoor attractions and activities offer you a complete city-and-countryside holiday all rolled into one.

Great Outdoors

Jesmond Dene Park

Jesmond Dene Park

This narrow steep-sided valley with river flowing through it was made a park in the 1860s and designed to reflect a rural setting with woodland, crags, waterfalls and pools. The word ‘dene’ means ‘valley’ in the Northumbrian dialect.

Jesmond Dene Park
Angel of the North

Angel of the North

Designed by Antony Gormley, Britain's largest sculpture weighs 200 tons, is 20m high and has a 54m wing span. The rich red/brown colour comes from the weathering steel which can withstand winds of more than 100 miles per hour.

Angel of the North
Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian’s Wall

You can’t visit Newcastle without walking along designated World Heritage Site, Hadrian’s Wall (www.hadrians-wall.org/). This famous 2,000-year-old Roman defence wall stretches from Carlisle in Cumbria to Wallsend in Newcastle going right through the city.

Beamish Museum

Beamish Museum

This 300-arce open-air museum (www.beamish.org.uk/) tells the story of the people of North East England during the industrial revolution. Period-dressed staff and working exhibits literally transport you back in time as you wander around Britain’s past.

Gateshead Quays

Gateshead Quays

200 million pounds has been invested in this new cultural quarter with riverside walks, cutting-edge architectural buildings, open-air art, historic mills and the Millennium Bridge – the world’s only tilting bridge; see it tilt 100 times daily!

Gateshead Quays

Incredible Indoors

Sage

Sage

Imagine a gigantic silver cloud gently morphing and rippling. This is the multi-award-winning concert hall designed by renowned architects Foster and Partners. Stirring acoustics and views over the River Tyne will move your spirit.

Sage
BALTIC

BALTIC

This centre for the contemporary visual arts is the largest of its kind in the world. Transformed from Baltic Flour Mills and a disused 1950's grain warehouse, it’s one of the best art spaces in Europe with ever-changing exhibitions and free entry.

BALTIC
Newcastle Quays

Newcastle Quays

This side of the Quays (www.newcastlequayside.co.uk/frameset.html) is drowning in pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants. Whether you’re looking for Italian, Spanish, French or even Mongolian food, you’ll find it here along with superb clubs like the famous Baja Beach Club.

The Journal Tyne Theatre

The Journal Tyne Theatre

Housed in a Grade 1 listed building, this theatre (www.thejournaltynetheatre.co.uk/) and opera house auditorium with bistro bar is on of the region's best loved entertainment venues, and the oldest working Victorian theatre in the world.

Club

Clubs and live music

Newcastle has a world famous nightlife scene. Huge electro venue Digital (www.yourfutureisdigital.com/newcastle/index.html) hosts the UK’s biggest names, the multi-level World Headquarters (www.welovewhq.com/whq-club) is Newcastle’s only independent club, while The Cluny (www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/default.aspx?tabid=10194) pub is famous for quality live music.

Do you like walking around on your own, discover a castle and then spontaneously decide to see what’s inside? Then an English Heritage Pass (visitbritain.e-line.nu/servlet/us_pyra?wts.PAGE=h_ix3.htm&$GUEST=FI&wts.ACTION=loginguest&$echoType=VU&$echoCode=435&p=H) might be something for you. The pass gives you access to over 580 British attractions and you don’t have to stand in line. If you need to travel outside the city, buy a Flexible England Pass (visitbritain.e-line.nu/servlet/us_pyra?wts.PAGE=h_ix3.htm&$GUEST=FI&wts.ACTION=loginguest&$echoType=VU&$echoCode=312&p=H) in our webshop.

See Newcastle Destination Guide

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