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Interesting places to visit, places to stay, good walking areas
1. Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1) River Tyne and Bridges 2. Newcastle (2) The Sage Theatre and Concert Hall, Gateshead 3. A trip out to Hadrian's Wall around Crag Lough 4. Durham Cathedral (County Durham) 5. Corbridge Town - part 1 - bridge and streets 6. Corbridge Town - part 2 - St Andrew's Parish Church 7. Beltingham - part 1 - St Cuthbert's Church 8. Beltingham part 2 - the village and a walk 9. Escomb Saxon Church, Co. Durham 10. A grey but enjoyable January day in the City of Durham 11. A trip to 'Locomotion', the National Railway Museum at Shildon via Darlington Station 12. Trip (1) to the historic market town of Hexham in Northumbria 13. A circular walk to Cotherstone from Barnard Castle (Co. Durham) on the banks of the River Tees 14. Newcastle (3) Some buildings in the centre of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 15. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (4) Some 'artwork' and the Laing Art Gallery 16. A visit to the medieval village of Blanchland 17. Trip (2) to Hexham in Northumberland
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18b. The east stain glass window of St Mary's Church, Wooler 19. Kirknewton Church and a Cheviots Hillfort Walk in Northumberland 20. Ford Village - Lady Waterford Hall, Heatherslaw Mill, Narrow Guauge Railway, Duddo Stones 21. Circular Northumberland Cheviots walk from Careyburn Bridge to Broadstruther 22a. Rothbury * 22b. Brinkburn Priory and Longframlington Church
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Hadrian's Wall Newcastle-upon-Tyne is a historic busy, bustling and interesting University city to visit or work in and there seems to be ample jobs available. Plenty of places to stay, so accommodation is no problem with lots of hotels. There museums (Hancock Museum, Newcastle Museum of Antiquities, Shefton Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology, Great North Museum to open in 2009, Centre for Life-Discovery Museum), art galleries (Hatton Gallery, Laing Art Gallery, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art), heritage centres, churches and theatres (Newcastle Theatre Royal, Live Theatre, Tyne Theatre, Peoples Theatre, Newcastle Arts Centre) to visit and it seems to have become a favourite venue for trips to night clubs and discos, though a wild nightclub was never my scene! The Baltic Arts Centre, Millennium Bridge, the giant arches of the Tyne Bridge and there is plenty of live music e.g. at the Sage Theatre and Concert Hall above the Gateshead Quays, which provide a wonderful backdrop to walking by the River Tyne. Newcastle can be readily reached by road, rail, flights and coach. There are many interesting historic sites to see not too far to travel to, particularly the Roman sites like Vindolanda and Housteads Forts and Hadrian's Wall. The Geordies (as the 'Toon' army) passionately support their Newcastle Football Club despite the ups and downs of recent years! I hope the site provides a series of pictures and images that make you want to visit the City of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. More details and links to follow. There are lots of bed and breakfast to stay at, with hostels and self-catering holiday cottages in the surrounding countryside of Northumbria and the Northumberland National Park, the Border Forest Park and Kielder Forrest water, walking and other outdoor facilities on offer. For those can afford it, lots of properties for sale or rent, but property prices for 1st or second homes are rising as everywhere else, particularly in attractive villages. South of Newcastle is the lovely city of Durham and its great Cathedral but watch out for out of the way treasures like the Saxon church at Escomb and other Roman sites like Corbridge. North of Newcastle is the wild coast of Northumbria. West is Hadrian's Wall.
The west towers and cloisters of Durham Cathedral
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Wooler &
Cheviots walk - Happy Valley, North Middleton, Careyburn
Bridge, Old Middleton Town
Allendale Town and a circular walk via Catton
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