Notes & picture INDEX of Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham, Northumbria (Northumberland) pictures accommodation information top tourist attractions places to stay visit, images, nort-east photography


	There is a nice cafe, with an appropriate artistic atmosphere of paintings and sculpture, in the Laing Art Gallery in Higham Place in the centre of the great City of Newcastle. This a nice gallery and a really interesting exhibition of the City of Newcastle. There are many 18th and 19th century paintings by local artists.

	The 'John Lewis Cafe' in the John Lewis store serves good food and a good refuge from tramping round shops! It is situated in the large Eldon Square Shopping Centre and apparently has good 'baby facilities'!

	There is a good bar and bistro in recently magnificently refurbished Theatre Royal in Grey Street were we saw a wonderful performance of the comic production "The Thirty Nine Steps". The Theatre Royal is a grade 1 listed building in Grey Street, with the huge column dedicated to Earl Grey at the top of Grey Street.

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.

Durham Cathedral

The Weardale Railway

The north-east of England is as varied as anywhere in the country with much to offer the tourist with lots of interested places and buildings to visit whether in the City of Newcastle or the surrounding coast and countryside of County Durham and Northumbria (part is old county of 'Northumberland') and its many varied districts and regions rich in history, industrial archaeology and good walking country, lots of major tourist attractions, a wide selection of accommodation to suite all budgets from hotels, B&B's, rented property, and hostels. Digital images pictures photos photographs © DocsPics Phil Brown for a selection of interesting, scenic and historic places to visit and walk around and the many tourist attractions in the North-East of Northern England dining out travel tours top tourist destinations tourist information weekend breaks mini-breaks family holidays restaurants touring coach trips continental tours cruise ships pleasure cruises summer breaks spring breaks continental winter breaks winter holidays spring holidays summer holidays North East England docspics photos images pictures © Phil Brown * touring holidays in Newcastle, Durham and Northumbria-Northumberland, tourism information, top tourist attractions, accommodation, luxury hotels, B&B, holiday cottages, property, pubs, cafes, restaurants, historic towns & cities, churches, castles, abbeys, museums, art galleries, local transport, interesting buildings properties, great walking country, varied scenic walks tourism information for Durham Northumberland, top tourist attractions near Durham Northumberland, accommodation near Durham Northumberland, luxury hotels near Durham Northumberland, things to do near Durham Northumberland, B&B near Durham Northumberland, self-catering holiday cottages near Durham Northumberland, YHA Youth Hostels near Durham Northumberland, property for sale near Durham Northumberland, what to see near Durham Northumberland, friendly pubs near Durham Northumberland, great walking walks around Durham Northumberland, where to eat near Durham Northumberland, eating/dining out near Durham Northumberland restaurants near Durham Northumberland, cafes near Durham Northumberland, pubs bars near Durham Northumberland, historic towns & cities, churches near Durham Northumberland, castles, abbeys, museums near Durham Northumberland, art galleries near Durham Northumberland, local transport buses trains near Durham Northumberland, interesting historic buildings near Durham Northumberland, weekend breaks near Durham Northumberland, bargain city-breaks, walking near County Durham, Northumberland Northumbria, transport connections to Durham Northumberland popular tourist attractions near Durham Northumberland tourist information for Durham Northumberland good places to wining and dining near Durham Northumberland good walks near Durham Northumberland properties for sale near Durham Northumberland, renting a flat of house near Durham Northumberland, property for rent near Durham Northumberland, houses for sale near Durham Northumberland, lettings near Durham Northumberland docspics images photos of Durham Northumberland © Phil Brown Tourist information on Durham Northumberland, things to do in Durham Northumberland, What to see in Durham Northumberland, Walks in Durham Northumberland, weekend breaks in Durham Northumberland family holidays in Durham Northumberland, Top tourist attractions in Durham Northumberland, luxury hotels in Durham Northumberland, self-catering holiday cottages in Durham Northumberland, B&B in Durham Northumberland, friendly pubs in Durham Northumberland, cafes in Durham Northumberland, eating out in fine restaurants in Durham Northumberland, bargain holiday breaks in Durham Northumberland, wining & dining weekends in Durham Northumberland, touring coach tours including Durham Northumberland, pretty villages in Durham Northumberland, historic towns in Durham Northumberland, visiting museums in Durham Northumberland, local art galleries in Durham Northumberland, guided walks in Durham Northumberland, history of Durham Northumberland, architecture of Durham Northumberland trains to Durham Northumberland buses to Durham Northumberland coach tours to Durham Northumberland historic houses in Durham Northumberland historic churches in Durham Northumberland historic buildings interesting tourist attractions in Durham Northumberland tourist information for things to see in Durham Northumberland good places to eat out in Durham Northumberland good walks from Durham Northumberland tourist attractions properties for sale in Durham Northumberland, renting a flat of house in Durham Northumberland, property for rent in Durham Northumberland, houses for sale in Durham Northumberland, lettings in Durham Northumberland

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