Newcastle Tourist Information Articles
- 02nd December 2009
- Remote islanders' shopping spree
- Residents of a remote group of islands are paying a visit to Tyneside for a festive shopping trip. The Norrona, a ferry carrying almost 1,000 passengers from the Faroe Islands, will be landing at North Shields later. It will stay for 24 hours, allowing v...
- 23rd May 2009
- Opening day for flagship museum
- A flagship £26m museum on Tyneside has opened to the public. Newcastle's Great North Museum has brought together collections from a number of museums in the city. The Heritage Lottery Fund-backed attraction is home to internationally important...
- 07th March 2008
- The Tyne Bridge
- Arguably Newcastle’s most instantly recognisable structure, the Tyne Bridge connects Newcastle with Gateshead. Mott, Hay and Anderson, who were later responsible for the design of Edinburgh’s infamous Forth Road Bridge, designed the impressive...
- 07th March 2008
- Discovering St James's Park
- When we think of Newcastle, one of the first things to spring to mind is St James’s Park, the city’s fully seated football stadium that is home to the world-renowned Newcastle United Football Club. Football has been played at St James’ ...
- 07th March 2008
- The Light on the River Tyne
- Nocturne, also known as The Light on the Tyne, is a distinctive light artwork, which brightens up the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge in Newcastle. The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge carries the Metro across the River Tyne, providing a link between Newcastle and Gat...
- 07th March 2008
- The Pride of Newcastle
- Just as we associate a cool pint of Guinness with Dublin, Brown Ale is synonymous with Newcastle. ‘Newkie’ brown ale has been brewed in the city since 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. Even when the company closed their Tyne brewery in 2005, the...
- 07th March 2008
- The Guardian Angel of Gateshead
- The Angel of the North is the pride of Gateshead and Newcastle, visited by 150,000 visitors per year, and appreciated by thousands motorists on the A1 and A167 and passengers on the East Coast Main Line Rail Route. Work began on the iconic sculpture in 1...
- 07th March 2008
- All about the Great North Run
- Thinking of competing in the BUPA Great North Run? The world’s most popular half-marathon road-running event returns to Newcastle and South Shields on Sunday 5th October 2008 to celebrate its 28th birthday. Brendan Foster, a former Olympic 10,000 m...