Leazes Park

A short walk away from St. James’s park is the Earl of Pitt Street. The Earl is a fantastic pub and restaurant in the centre of Newcastle. It sits opposite the old Newcastle Brown Ale brewery site – now the Newcastle Helix owned by Newcastle University – and is the last remaining pub in the area connected to the old brewery.

Inside Eldon Square shopping centre, within the Eldon Garden wing, you will be able to find the North East Art Collective. Founded in 2010, the North East Art Collective is a fantastic venue for discovering local art on any trip to Newcastle or the North East.

Found to the North of the city centre next to Newcastle University Exhibition Park is a place in the city centre known for culture and recreation. At its heart, the park has a beautiful park and Victorian bandstand, boating lake with a wildfowl habitat and the Palace of the Arts – a structure built for the Exhibition of Science, industry and arts in 1929 which gives the park its name.

The diverse collection includes over 3,000 works from the 14th – 20th centuries, available through Newcastle University grounds.

Northern Stage (previously the Newcastle Playhouse) is a vibrant theatre to the north of Newcastle’s city centre.

Blackfriars restaurant has gone from strength to strength. Andy and his wife, Sam, founded it in 2001 and developed it in the following years, so much so that they have come to use more and more of the old monastery buildings for baking lessons, wine tasting and cookery courses, all bookable through their website.

Grade II listed building in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Newcastle’s museum of natural history, archaeology, geology and world cultures.

Tyne Theatre & Opera House is ‘a Theatre for everyone’ built during a time of heavy industry when life was hard.

Flip Vintage American Clothing is Newcastle’s longest established vintage store, importing genuine American clothing since 1978.

In the heart of Newcastle on Grainger Street can be found the Grainger Market. This covered market was the largest covered market in the world when it was built and still holds a special place in the heart of many in Newcastle.

Dance City provides teaching, performances and talks all on – you guessed it – dance! Having been established for over thirty years, Dance City has helped to put the North East on the map for all types of dance from ballet to breakdance.