10 things to do in Newcastle
- The Sage Gateshead
- Seven Stories
- Hancock Museum
- St. Nicholas Cathedral
- City of Newcastle Golf Club
- The Tyne Bridge
- The Castle
- Blue Reef Aquarium
- Newcastle Information Centre
- Ocean Beach Pleasure Park
10 Newcastle Restaurants
- Azzuri
- Landmark
- Rockafella
- Rock'n'Amigos
- Lau's Buffet King
- Baltic Rooftop Restaurant
- Casa Antonio
- Prima
- Hanahana
- Tuscany
"The select American publication Conde Nast ranked Newcastle as one of the world's top eight cities to visit."
More on Newcastle
Newcastle (usually shortened from Newcastle upon Tyne) is a large city in Tyne and
Wear, England. It is located on the north bank of the River Tyne and was formerly
the county town of Northumberland. The city was founded in Roman times under the name
Pons Aelius.
The city is the 20th most populous in England; the larger Tyneside conurbation,
of which Newcastle forms part, is the 5th most populous conurbation in England.
Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group[3] and (with Gateshead) the
Eurocities network of European cities.
The 1960s saw the internationally successful rock group, The Animals, emerge from Newcastle night spots such as Club A-Go-Go on Percy Street, the 1980s saw Geordie singer Brian Johnson join Australian supergroup AC/DC. Other well-known acts with connections to the city include Sting, Dubstar, Dire Straits, The Wildhearts, 3 Colours Red, Duran Duran, and more recently Maxïmo Park, The Sound Explosion, Yourcodenameis:milo, The Motorettes and Kubichek!. Neil Tennant, singer from the Pet Shop Boys, was schooled in Newcastle. There is also a thriving underground music scene that encompasses a variety of styles, including Drum and Bass, doom metal and Post-rock.
Nightlife in Newcastle
Newcastle has a reputation for being a fun-loving city with many bars, restaurants and nightclubs. More recently, Newcastle has become popular as a destination for Stag and Hen parties. Newcastle was in the top ten of the country's top night spots, and The Rough Guide to Britain placed Newcastle upon Tyne's nightlife as Great Britain's no. 1 tourist attraction.
There are notable concentrations of pubs, bars and nightclubs around the Bigg Market, and the Quayside area of the city centre. There are many bars on the Bigg Market, and other popular areas for nightlife are Collingwood Street, Neville Street, the Central Station area and Osborne Road in the Jesmond area of the city. In recent years "The Gate" has opened in the city centre, a new indoor complex consisting of bars, upmarket clubs, restaurants and a 12-screen Empire multiplex cinema.
