"Newcastle and surrounding areas" Newcastle upon Tyne by clairegeordio

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Newcastle was named after the Norman castle built in 1080 by William the Conqueror's son. Newcastle is a historic city, with a medieval cathedral, historic churches and remains of Hadrian's wall as well as many Georgian and Victorian buildings.
I visit the Newcastle area several times a year as this is where my parents-in-law live, therefore my pages will be updated every so often. It is a lovely area, near the coast, near to the beautiful Lake District, 67 miles from the border of Scotland and has many places of interest.

The photo above shows the Angel Of The North, a structure which symbolizes the 'Gateway to the North East'. Please look at my travel tip for information about it.

For tips slightly further north of Newcastle, in Northumberland, please take a look at my Northumberland page

April 2007

I finally got to have a proper explore of the Quayside area after 3½ years of visiting Newcastle!
Here is a photo of the Tyne bridges, with the Gateshead Millenium bridge in the foreground and the Tyne, Swing and high level bridges in the background. Unfortunately the High level bridge was covered over for restoration during my visit.

Castle keep

  • Last visit to Newcastle upon Tyne: Aug 2007
  • Intro Updated Aug 31, 2007
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  • Dec 1, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    Newcastle upon Tyne, this city became an important center of trade in wool and turns as the area's most important coal mining. travelaustralia360.com/newca...

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    Aug 5, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    The angel really looks like it-he/she could fly away. Great job of presenting this town

  • MikeStarr5's Profile Photo
    Oct 29, 2007 at 2:45 PM

    Great pic - Thanks. Here in "Barking Town" we have the UK's 2nd largest public artwork called "Holding Pattern" - It's 70m long x 50m wide and almost 6m high. It cost £650,000 to build and only Anthony Gormley's “Angel of the North” is bigger.

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    Sep 3, 2007 at 7:12 PM

    Aa'd a canny good gandie the pictures an it wez aal canny good . Ah always enjoyed a canny good drink of The Toon Broon . The Toon is a beautiful city wi many wonders. Hope you remember some Geordie still.

  • Bwana_Brown's Profile Photo
    Mar 16, 2007 at 12:29 PM

    Excellent information here on some of Newcastle's attractions! Wow, the Angel of the North is very impressive and I would love a chance to see Hadrian's Wall as well. One of these days, I will travel to the north of England!

  • nada.c's Profile Photo
    Jul 23, 2006 at 3:15 AM

    What a fabulouse sculpture. I didnt know for it. Thank you for the tip

  • RhineRoll's Profile Photo
    Oct 24, 2004 at 11:22 AM

    saw the Angel when driving north on the A1. Northumberland is a wonderful place. I also hope to visit Newcastle for a weekend, there are some flight bargains out there!

  • nhcram's Profile Photo
    Sep 30, 2004 at 2:06 PM

    Great page Claire. This is a lovely part of the country.

  • sandysmith's Profile Photo
    Aug 13, 2004 at 3:15 PM

    visiting nextt weekend :-0

  • CliffClaven's Profile Photo
    Jun 11, 2004 at 3:46 PM

    I guess the North needs a big angel

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