Newcastle
What to see
You’ll find accounts of Newcastle’s tourist attractions plus shopping, eating out etc at Visit Newcastle/Gateshead, Rough Guide and Visit Newcastle.
Newcastle attractions include:
● Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
● Bessie Surtees House
● Discovery Centre
● Gallowgate Lead Works
● Great North Museum
● John Wesley Memorial
● Laing Art Gallery
● Life Science Centre
● Newcastle Arts Centre
● 2nd Earl Grey Monument
● Newcastle Castle
● Quayside
Towns of Two Halves extracts:
● “You have to take your stovepipe hat off to those Victorian railway engineers. They weren’t going to let anything stand in the way of progress. In Newcastle, faced with the ancient castle that gave the city its name, they simply built straight through it to carry their line on towards Edinburgh.”
● “Newcastle’s informal heritage trail is a trail with many stopping points. Newcastle scores highly on two important counts: many of its set-piece attractions are intended specifically for young families; and almost all of them are free, asking only for donations.”
● “Are museums based on the collections of individuals bound to seem quirky? On the Hancock’s first floor, items worth mentioning are: a samurai in full kit, demonstrating where the inspiration for a Star Wars stormtrooper came from (apart from the horns); and a frankly aroused lyre-plucker on a Greek vase.”
These are taken from the Newcastle chapter of Towns of Two Halves, published in 2018. To buy a copy, email info@townsof2halves.co.uk.