Description and Travel

Newcastle, Northumberland

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• The Tyne and Wear Development Company's website has some interesting features about the area.
  
  
• Learn anout Newcastle and its neighbour, Gateshead from visitnewcastlegateshead.com
  
  
• The Port of Tyne Authority website.
  
  
• The Newcastle Walks website has some interesting items on the history and attractions of the area.
  
  
• The Timmonet Newcastle Archive contains many pictures, old and new, of Tyneside in general and Newcastle in particular.
  
  
• Photographs of Newcastle upon Tyne from Mirror Image.
  • Andrew House in the centre of Newcastle, situated at the intersection of Percy Street and Gallowgate.
  • The Blacksmith's Needle on the Quayside.
  • The Blenkinsop-Coulson Fountain, situated at Horatio Street, near the Quayside.
  • The Castle Keep of Newcastle upon Tyne.
  • The Central Arcade is situated at the intersection of Grey Street and Grainger Street.
  • The Centurion Bar in Newcastle Central Railway Station.
  • Co-operative Building, Newgate Street.
  • Cross House, situated at the intersection of Westgate Road and Fenkle Street.
  • Discovery Museum, Blandford Square.
  • Newcastle Civic Centre, designed by City Architect George Kenyon.
  • The Central Arcade is situated at the intersection of Grey Street and Grainger Street.
  • The entrance to number 29 Collingwood Street.
  • The impressive portico of Newcastle Central Station,.
  • The Gateshead Millennium Bridge travels up the Tyne - 20th November 2000.
  • The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is Tested - 24th May 2001.
  • The Gateshead Millennium Bridge opened to the public - September 17th 2001.
  • The Gateshead Millennium Bridge opened by Queen Elizabeth II - 7th May 2002.
  • The Northern Goldsmiths on Blackett Street.
  • The Northern Goldsmiths building on Westgate Road.
  • The Northern Goldsmiths at the junction of Westgate Road and Clayton Street.
  • The old County Court building, situated on Westgate Road.
  • Grey's Monument, situated at the junction of Blackett Street and Grey Street.
  • Milburn House, Dean Street.
  • "The Response", a memorial to those who died in the Great War, situated in the grounds of the Civic Centre at Barras Bridge.
  • The statue of George and the Dragon in Old Eldon Square.
  • The statue of Harry Hotspur.
  • The statue of Roger Thornton.
  • The statue of Sir John Marley.
  • The statue of Thomas Bewick.
  • The statues of Thomas Bewick, Harry Hotspur, Sir John Marley and Roger Thornton,.
  • The statue of George and the Dragon, Barras Bridge, Newcastle.
  • The statue of Joseph Cowens, situated at the junction of Westgate Road and Fenkle Street.
  • The statue of Lord Armstrong, situated at the junction of Barras Bridge and Claremont Road.
  • The statue of Thomas Bewick, Amen Corner.
  • The statue of George and the Dragon in Old Eldon Square.
  • The statue of Queen Victoria, Royal Victoria Infirmary.
  • The statue of Queen Victoria, adjacent to St. Nicholas' Cathedral.
  • Another view of the Statue of Queen Victoria.
  • The George Stephenson Monument at the junction of Westgate Road and Neville Street.
  • "The sun radiating rays of light" on Neville Street.
  • The Swirle Pavilion on the Quayside.
  • The Turbinia, designed by Sir Charles Parsons in 1894.
  • The Grand Hotel, Percy Street.
  • The Union Club, Westgate Road, recently refurbished by JD Witherspoon Pubs.
  • The unmistakable sight of the Tyne Bridge.
  • "Water Is Best", a drinking fountain at the top of the Bigg Market.
  • Yates Wine Lodge, Grainger Street.
    
    
• Photographs of Newcastle from the FreeFoto.com website.
  
  

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