Tyne and Wear Travel Guide

 44 Reviews  The Tyne Bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson who based their design on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York (which was completed in 1916). The bridge was completed on 25 February 1928 and opened... 

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 23 Reviews  The keep at Newcastle Castle is one the best surviving castle keeps in England. It was a principle strongpoint on high ground above the River Tyne and was built on the order of Henry II between 1168 -... 

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 20 Reviews  A good way to travel in the Newcastle area - the limits of the system are the Airport, Sunderland and the coast. Trains run on most lines about every 12 minutes but are more frequent in the city... 

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 27 Reviews  An landmark old flour mill on the southern bank of the River Tyne is now home to a modern art gallery known as the Baltic. The gallery doesn't seem to have a permanent collection of it's own but... 

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 14 Reviews  The Angle of the North makes the entrance to Tyneside and greets all visitors to Gateshead with open arms, especially when you come by road and rail. It is approximately 20m tall and a wing span of... 

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 12 Reviews  The cathedral is named after St Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors and boats. It was originally a parish church, built in 1091, but this was destroyed in a fire in 1216. It was rebuilt in 1359 and... 

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 5 Reviews   Segedunum is a great Museum on Roman history in Newcastle and highly recommended if you travel with children. You can explore the house grounds of this fortress from a panarama tower in the museum.... 

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 9 Reviews   Perhaps more than any other in the country, the Geordie dialect can seem impenetrable to a non-Geordie, (a Geordie being a native of Newcastle). The differences between this and standard English... 

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 14 Reviews  The Great North Museum was for many years called The Hancock museum and to me it always will be! Named after the man who built it, there is a statue of him outside and his name across the museam... 

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 7 Reviews  This shopping centre is huge with so many shops under one roof. There are also shops outside as well [Primark, TK Maxx] . Many of the shops are larger than other branches throughout the country and... 

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 9 Reviews  Centre Opening Hours Monday: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Tuesday: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Wednesday: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Thursday: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Friday: 10:00 am - 9:00 pm Saturday: 9:00 am -... 

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