Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
New Castle
ATTRACTIONS
BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art
9
Centre for Life
6
Discovery Muse
um
5
Seven Stories
10
0
400 m
A167(M)
0
400 yds
1
2
17
St. James' Park
(Newcastle Utd. FC)
St. James' Park
(Newcastle Utd. FC)
Seven
Stories
Seven
Stories
10
ew Bri
ew Bri
Manors
Station
Manors
Station
Grainger
Market
Grainger
Market
8
CHINATOWN
CHINATOWN
3
R
R
4
7
Quayside
Quayside
Gateshead
Millennium
Bridge
Gateshead
Millennium
Bridge
Discovery
Museum
Discovery
Museum
BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art
BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art
Newcastle
(Central)
Station
Newcastle
(Central)
Station
5
9
Tyne
Bridge
Tyne
Bridge
d
d
Swing
Bridge
Swing
Bridge
Hanover
Gdns.
Hanover
Gdns.
6
Centre
For Life
Centre
For Life
High Level
Bridge
High Level
Bridge
A167
Queen Elizabeth II
Bridge
Queen Elizabeth II
Bridge
GATESHEAD
GATESHEAD
y
y
King Edward
Bridge
King Edward
Bridge
RESTAURANTS
The Cherry Tree
2
China Town Express
3
Little Saigon
7
Luigikhan's
4
HOTELS
Jesmond
Hotel
1
Staybridge
Suites
8
Redheugh
Bridge
Redheugh
Bridge
on the coast, on a rocky headland,
Tynemouth Castle and Priory
(
&
0870/333-
1181;
www.english-heritage.org.uk) is home to an interactive “Life in the Strong-
hold” exhibition about this site from its origins as an Anglo-Saxon settlement through
its roles as an Anglican monastery, royal castle, artillery fort, and coastal defense. It's
open daily 10am to 5pm in summer, to 4pm in winter, and costs £4.20 adults, £2.10
children 5 to 16.
Having grown from a Roman fort into a major port, Newcastle was a key player in
the Industrial Revolution, after which, like many such places, it fell into a long
decline. Part of its reawakening has come in the form of science—as well as a science
fest (see “Special Events,” above), it's home to the
Centre for Life
(see below) and
the nearby
Discovery Museum.
A short walk north, by the university, the
Great
North Museum
, Barras Bridge (
&
0191/222-6765;
www.twmuseums.org.uk),
opened in 2006 to bring together several pre-existing local collections in one £26-mil-
lion museum. Highlights are the large-scale, interactive model of Hadrian's Wall
(p. 669), and the interactive “Living Planet” gallery, with some live-animal tanks and
aquariums.
To discover the best of the city itself, head for its historic heart,
Grainger Town,
north of Central Station. Here, classical streets built by Richard Grainger around
