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Living in Newcastle

in 2011

Contents

• Shopping• Dance, Theatre & Film• Music Venues• Art & Museums• Eating out• Sport• Life in the UK

Shopping

FoodSupermarkets

In town - Co-op- Tesco- Marks & Spencer- Waitrose- Sainsburys (mini shop)

Out of town - Tesco (Kingston Park, 24hours)

- Asda (Gosforth (24 hrs) & Longbenton

- Morrisons (Byker)

Markets• Grainger Market

• Green Market

• Quayside Market (Sundays)

• Regular World, European and Arts & Crafts markets (at Monument in City Centre)

• Xmas markets in December

Corner Shops

Convenient, but beware –

they are expensive!

Clothes

Northumberland Street

Eldon Square

Monument Mall

Central Arcade

Metro Centre (Gateshead -Number 100 bus or train but

not by metro!)

Household items

For example – bedding,

kitchen equipment, towels,

electrical goods..

Primark

Wilkinsons

Argos

Poundland

BootsIKEA at the Metro Centre

Services

Post OfficeWH Smith, Northumberland Street

BanksLloyds TSBHSBCBarclaysNatWest……..etc

PharmacyBoots, Superdrug or individual shops

Public Parks & Green SpacesIn & Near City Centre:

• Exhibition Park:www.exhibitionpark.co.uk

• Leazes Park (Newcastle Green Festival in summer)

• Jesmond Dene:www.jesmonddene.org.uk

Residential Area Parks and Green Areas:

• Gosforth Park• Heaton Park• Iris Brickfield (Heaton, 10 minutes from Chillingham

Road)• Ouseburn Valley:www.ouseburnnewcastle.org

Beaches and Bays - Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

• Tynemouth (next to Tynemouth Priory)

• South Shields Beaches

• Roker and Seaham

• Cullercoats

• Berwick

• Bamburgh (next to Bamburgh Castle)

• Alnmouth

• Seahouses

• www.northumberland-beaches.co.uk• www.nexus.org.uk/explore/beaches

Dance, theatre & filmDance

• Dance City

Theatre• Theatre Royal• Live Theatre• Northern Stage• People’s Theatre• Hyena Café

Cinema• Empire Cinema in “The Gate”• Odeon Gateshead• Tyneside Cinema ‘world’ cinema• Star & Shadow• The Side

Music venues

• Sage• Telewest Arena • City Hall • Students’ Union • Carling Academy• Cluny Warehouse

(Ouseburn)• Live Theatre (Jesmond)• The Head of Steam• The Bridge Hotel

Art & Museums

• Museums• Discovery Museum

• Art• Laing Art Gallery• Baltic (Gateshead – walk over bridge)• Biscuit Factory (Shieldfield)• 36 Lime Street (Ouseburn)• Side Gallery

• Culture/Science• Centre for Life• Seven Stories (Ouseburn)

Eating Out• Huge range of restaurants in

the city centre

• Italian, Chinese, Indian, Greek, Mexican, Japanese…

• “Happy Hours” and student specials

• Students’ Union and University catering outlets

Sport

Participating in sport• Sport Northumbria• City pools • Eldon Leisure Centre• Surrounding countryside• Great North Run half-

marathon in September

Spectator sport

• Football (Newcastle United)

• Rugby Union (Newcastle Falcons)

• Basketball

• Ice-hockey

• Athletics (Gateshead Stadium)

Life in the UK• Take some time to visit different places such as

Edinburgh (1 ½ hours on train)

• York (1 hour on train)

• Durham (15 minutes on train)

• Lake District

• Northumberland (buses from City Centre)

• London (3 hours on train)

• Buy discount passes for cheaper travel locally and nationally:

www.nexus.org.uk/travel-information/tickets www.16-25railcard.co.uk/online

• Use cheap airlines like Easyjet and Ryan Air

• Join One Planet!

Local Travel:

• www.nexus.org.uk/mymetro

• www.arrivabus.co.uk/north-east/

• www.travelinenortheast.info

• Local and National Travel:

• www.thetrainline.com

• http://uk.megabus.com/default.aspx

• www.nationalexpress.com

Travel Information

• www.newcastlegateshead.com

• www.visitnortheastengland.com

More Information on Things to Do and Places to Go in the

North East

Have a fabulous time in Newcastle!

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