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NewcastleGateshead City Sightseeing Tours 2018

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Newcastle upon Tyne City Tours begin again from today Sunday 25th March until Saturday 27th October 2018 on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays only.

Daily service begins on Sunday 1st July until Saturday 15th September 2018 with no service on the day of the Great North Run.

NewcastleGateshead Sightseeing Bus 2018

Tours start at 10:30 and leave at least every hour until 14:30.

The route of the NewcastleGateshead City Sightseeing Tour is as follows…

Central Station on Neville Street, Clayton Street, Newgate Street, Haymarket, Barras Bridge, Great North Museum Hancock, St James’ Park on Strawberry Place, Gallowgate, Blackett Street, Laing Art Gallery on New Bridge Street, Quayside (opposite Newcastle upon Tyne Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court), The Guildhall, BALTIC on Baltic Square, Sage Gateshead, Tyne Bridge, Market Street, Mosley Street, St Nicholas Cathedral on St Nicholas’ Street then back to Central Station on Neville Street.

You can see the full 2018 timetable below…

NewcastleGateshead City Sightseeing Tours tickets cost £8 for adults; £4 for children age 5 to 15; £6 for senior citizens and students and family tickets for up to two adults and three children cost £19.50.

The route map for NewcastleGateshead City Sightseeing Tours can be seen below…

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Published on 25th March 2018 10:23.

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South Tyneside Guide – South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

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The latest 2017 guide to South Tyneside is out. Request your own free 33 page copy of the guide below.

Here is an extract from the latest 2017 guide to South Tyneside…

South Shields Museum and Art Gallery Free South Tyneside Visitor Guide 2017

Family Fun

Visitors of all ages will find plenty to spark their imagination at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. Housed in South Shields’ former Literary, Mechanical and Scientific Institution, this museum has been preserving South Tyneside’s social, industrial and maritime history since 1860. It’s home to an impressive collection of exhibits from the Bronze Age to the 20th century which capture the social history of the area from shipping and mining to sea rescue (the lifeboat was invented in South Shields in 1789).

“Our main exhibition for summer 2017 is Little Landmarks, which is South Shields’ buildings recreated in Lego,” Geoff explains. “We’ve commissioned 10 local landmarks that we’ll have on display and we’re inviting people to go and see the actual buildings as well. Then later in the year we’re getting Bones from the Great North Museum.”

Throughout the school holidays South Shields Museum run Tremendous Tuesdays, where children can take part in crafts and activities inspired by the exhibitions, and fans of all things creepy and crawly will be delighted to find that the museum has its very own Creature Corner where you can see live snakes, spiders and lizards too.

The Museum is also home to a state of the art gallery space which was opened last year, and shows work by important local artists alongside masterpieces borrowed from national galleries through the Spotlight Loan Programme. In the past year they’ve shown a Renoir alongside local coastal scenes, as well as a Turner painting of the River Tyne.

“We’ve got a Lowry exhibition on at the moment,” Geoff says. “Lowry spent a lot of time in South Shields, particularly in the last 15 years of his life. He liked watching the ships coming in and out of the River Tyne. He would sketch them and then work them up into full-scale drawings back in the studio.” The exhibition runs until 9 September 2017.

Be sure to round off your visit with a trip to The Victorian Pantry, the museum’s vintage-inspired, on-site cafe where you’ll find a range of homemade treats served by staff in traditional costume.

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Published on 15th June 2017 14:20.

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The Late Shows

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If you are staying at our bed and breakfast accommodation this weekend then you may be interested in The Late Shows – a free culture crawl around Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead where museums, galleries, artists’ studios, heritage sites and more who stay open late to put on events, exhibitions, performances and guided tours.

The Late Shows

The Late Shows take place on Friday 19th May and Saturday 20th May 2017.

You can view and download the full event guide for The Late Shows 2017 below…

The venues for this years The Late Shows are…

Ouseburn

36 Lime Street, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ.
The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1AN.
Cobalt Studios, 10-16 Boyd Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1AP.
Grow to Glow (meet on the wooden bridge behind Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PA.
The Holy Biscuit, 1 Clarence Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1YH.
Hoults Yard, Walker Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2HL.
Jim Edwards Studio Gallery, 59 Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ.
Labyrinth, Unit 13, Foundry Lane Industrial Estate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1LH.
Northern Print, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2NP.
Ouseburn Farm, Ouseburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PA.
Seven Stories, 30 Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ.
St Dominic’s Priory, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2TP.
The Time Bandits, (meet by The Cluny, Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ).
Toffee Factory, Lower Steenbergs Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2DF.
Tyne Bank Brewery, Walker Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2AB.
Victoria Tunnel, Ouse Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2BE.

Gateshead

Academy of Music & Sound, 191 High Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AS.
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA.
Bensham Grove Community Centre, Sidney Grove, Gateshead, NE8 2XD.
Dunston Staiths, Staithes Road, Gateshead, NE11 9DR.
Gateshead Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4LN.
Hatton Pavilion, Baltic Square, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA.
Hidden Heights Creative Studio, Arch 4, Hymers Court, Brandling Street, Gateshead, NE8 2BA.
Lawnmowers Theatre Company, Swinburne Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AX.
Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, Gateshead, NE8 2JR.
Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4JB.

Quayside

Bessie Surtees House, 44 Sandhill, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3JF.
The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Clayton Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5HH.
The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, St Nicholas Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1PF.
Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR.
David Fry Pottery Studio, 69 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SG.
Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA.
Maple Terrace Masonic Hall, Maple Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7SE.
NBS – The Old Post Office, St Nicholas Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1RH.
Newcastle Castle, Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1RQ.
North of England Art Club, 55 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SG.
Swing Bridge, Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3RQ.

Newcastle upon Tyne City Centre

13 Grey Street, 13 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6EE.
BALTIC 39, 31-39 High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW.
Breeze Creatives, Bamburgh House, Market Street East, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BH.
Commercial Union House, 39 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QE.
Culture Lab, Newcastle University, King’s Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU.
Gallagher & Turner, 30 St Mary’s Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7PQ.
Globe Gallery, 47 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QE.
Grainger Market, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5QG.
Great North Museum Hancock, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT.
Laing Art Gallery, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AG.
The NewBridge Project, Carliol House, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6NE.
Newcastle City Library, 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX.
System Gallery, 2nd Floor, 22 Leazes Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4PG.
Twisting Ducks Theatre Company, Broadacre House, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6HQ.
The Cumberland Arms, James Place Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1LD.
Ernest, 1 Boyd Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1AP.
The Globe, 11 Railway Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7AD.
Jazz Café, 25-27 Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5DW.
Kommunity, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BH.
Vicolo / Tyneside Bar Café, High Friar Lane / Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG.
World Headquarters, Curtis Mayfield House, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UF.

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Published on 15th May 2017 17:20.

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Juice Festival 2016

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If you are visiting our bed and breakfast accommodation over the half term holiday you may like to visit Juice Festival – a festival for families and under 25’s that takes place from Saturday 22nd until Saturday 29th October 2016.

Juice Festival 2016

You can see the 28 page guide to this years Juice Festival below…

Venues for Juice Festival include…

Discovery Museum on Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA.

Trinity Square, Gateshead, NE8 1AG.

Gateshead Central Library on Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4LN.

Newcastle City Library, New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX.

Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4JB.

Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH.

Great North Museum Hancock, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT.

The Lawnmowers, Swinburne Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AX.

Pelaw Youth Centre, Shields Road, Pelaw, Gateshead, NE10 0QD.

Dance City, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4BR.

The Cluny 2, Lime Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ.

The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE.

BALTIC, Gateshead, NE8 3BA.

Northumbria University Students Union, Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8SB.

Sage Gateshead, Gateshead, NE8 2JR.

BodyZone Ladies Fitness, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6UF.

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Published on 1st October 2016 11:50.

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NewcastleGateshead Pocket Guide 2015

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The 2015 pocket guidebook for Newcastle upon Tyne is out.

NewcastleGateshead Pocket Guide 2015 Cover

This 68 page guide to north East England is a great resource to use when planning a visit to Tyne & Wear.

The NewcastleGateshead pocket guide includes maps and public transport information as well as comprehensive information about all the popular tourist attractions in North East England.

Highlights of the guide include…

Newcastle Castle
Standing on the site of the fortress from which the city takes its name, Newcastle Castle has one of the finest surviving medieval castle keeps in Britain and offers breath taking views from its rooftop.

Quayside and Bridges
Enjoy a stroll along the picturesque Quayside and take in views of our seven bridges spanning the River Tyne. The once industrial area has been given a new lease of life thanks to landmark buildings, laid-back pubs, trendy bars and stylish restaurants.

Angel of the North
At 54m wide and 20m high, it’s hard to miss Sir Antony Gormley’s iconic work of public art, dominating the skyline as you approach from the South. A proud, awe-inspiring sight.

BALTIC & Sage Gateshead
Iconic buildings and cultural jewels in the Quayside’s crown, BALTIC’s ever-changing calendar of contemporary art exhibitions and Sage Gateshead’s enviable programme of live music events provide artistic inspiration for all tastes.

Grey Street & Grainger Town
Elegant Grey Street in Grainger Town was voted Britain’s finest street by Radio 4 listeners thanks to its magnificently preserved Georgian architecture. The historic heart of the city also houses the Victorian Grainger Market and the Grade I listed Theatre Royal.

Great North Museum Hancock
Explore natural history and ancient civilisations, world cultures and amazing geological and archaeological collections. Visitors of all ages will enjoy the planetarium, life-sized T-Rex skeleton and virtual Hadrian’s Wall. Changing exhibitions and regular lectures will educate and fascinate.

Life Science Centre
The award-winning Life Science Centre brings learning to life for a fun family day out. The centre offers excellent exhibitions, a 4D motion simulator ride, live science shows, the North’s biggest planetarium and even an outdoor ice skating rink during the winter.

Intu Metrocentre
Europe’s largest indoor shopping and leisure complex is packed with high street favourites, designer names, quirky boutiques, an IMAX cinema and 60 restaurants. Shopping has never been so much fun!

St James’ Park
Home of the Magpies, St James’ Park’s white cantilever roof, the largest in Europe, is visible across the city. Take in a match or visit for a tour. Howay the lads!

The Ouseburn
Home to Seven Stories National Centre for Children’s Books and Ouseburn Farm, the tranquil Ouseburn Valley is a favourite with families during the day. As the clock ticks round, it becomes a mecca for music and real ale lovers with venues including The Cluny and The Tyne Bar offering great live music.

We highly recommend that you download a copy of the guide for any visit to the North East.

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Published on 21st April 2015 16:33.

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