Grey's Monument
Column of 1838 honouring Earl Grey and the Great Reform Act, at the meeting point of Grey Street and Grainger Street.
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Column of 1838 honouring Earl Grey and the Great Reform Act, at the meeting point of Grey Street and Grainger Street.
Curving street of classical stone fronts running from Grey's Monument down towards the river.
Grade I listed covered market designed by John Dobson and opened in 1835, with more than 100 businesses.
Small shopping arcade linking Grey Street, Grainger Street and Market Street.
Grade I listed theatre on Grey Street.
Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, seat of the Bishop of Newcastle and mother church of a diocese reaching to Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Catholic cathedral designed by Augustus Pugin and built in 1842-44, near Central Station.
Art gallery opened in 1904 on New Bridge Street West, run by North East Museums.
Science and local history museum on Blandford Square; its exhibits include the steam turbine ship Turbinia.
Science village and charity next to Central Station that promotes the life sciences.
Historic library on Westgate Road, the largest independent library outside London, with a free reference library.
Home of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, a learned society, on Westgate Road.
Grade I listed Victorian theatre on Westgate Road, opened in 1867.
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Restored Grade I listed 13th-century former friary close to Chinatown.
Tower on the West Walls, a Scheduled Monument and Grade I listed building known for its poetry readings.
Chinese restaurants and supermarkets along Stowell Street on the western edge of the centre.
Main station on the East Coast Main Line, about 268 miles north of London King's Cross, with Metro connections.
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Home of Newcastle United since 1892, on the hill above the city centre.
The city's oldest park, opened in 1873, with a lake; next to St James' Park.
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A valley of workshops, pubs and children's books, and a wooded dene
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A priory on the headland, beaches, and the fish quay at North Shields
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Seven bridges, two riverbanks and the oldest streets in the city
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