Newcastle is a vibrant friendly city with a heritage spanning the past 2,000 years. Brimming with attractions old and new, the city boasts three shopping centres, many fascinating museums as well as a vast range of entertainment, sport and leisure centres, art-centres and a rich variety of clubs. Citypadz provide a number of apartments to rent in Newcastle, and are one of the premier Newcastle letting agents.
Shopping
The Newcastle shopping experience is one of the highlights in the city’s attractive and largely pedestrianised centre which boasts all types of shops from high street fashion favourites and shopping centres to quirky vintage clothing shops and antiques centres.
Visit Fenwicks department store and other stylish shops and antique centres on Northumberland Street, or head across to Newcastle Central Station, St Mary’s Cathedral and the Theatre Royal for more quirky fashion clothing and vintage clothing shops.
Monument Mall in Newcastle is home to a wide choice of arts & crafts shops whereas the popular Eldon Square shopping centre is a top spot for high street fashion stores and fashion accessories shops including La Senza Lingerie, Levi’s store and Monsoon.
Heritage and culture
The city has a wealth of culture to offer. Discover outstanding science museums including The Discovery Museum and The Life Science Centre both offering an interactive extravaganza of science related exhibits.
Newcastle also plays host to internationally acclaimed art collections at The Laing Art Gallery Newcastle and the Hatton Gallery Newcastle within the Great North Museum at Newcastle University.
Historic churches, parks and the famous Norman castle also reveal much of the city’s history. The origin of Newcastle’s name is linked to the original Norman moat & bailey New Castle which can still be seen today.
The cathedrals in Newcastle are another historic gem of the city. The church of St Nicholas, now the Anglican cathedral in Newcastle is definitely worth a visit. The Newcastle Catholic cathedral near Newcastle Station dates from the Victorian era and was famously designed by the great Victorian gothic revivalist architect Augustus Pugin.
Theatres in Newcastle include the stunning historic Theatre Royal Newcastle featuring regular RSC Shakespeare performances alongside big musical shows and cutting edge drama.The relatively new Live Theatre on the Newcastle Quayside already commands an outstanding reputation as a leading new writing theatre showcasing the best of new rising stars for live music gigs in Newcastle, cutting edge drama and children’s theatre.
Dance City Newcastle is the National Dance Agency for the North East and a major venue for all kinds of outstanding dance performances across a range of dance genres.
Sports and leisure
Newcastle offers a fantastic range of sports and leisure facilities such as climbing at Climb Newcastle indoor climbing centre and karting at the F1 Indoor Karting Centre Newcastle. You will find plenty of top sports activities on offer both in and around Newcastle including Newcastle paintball centres, Newcastle greyhound racing stadiums, golf, quad biking and speedball.
Enjoy outstanding football, rugby and basket ball matches as the city (and surrounds) is home to premier teams, Newcastle United FC, Newcastle Falcons and the Newcastle Eagles.
Newcastle is also a city with numerous historic parks in and around the city centre, many of which like Leazes Park have been restored to their former Victorian glory. Other historic parks in Newcastle well worth exploring include Exhibition Park with its original Victorian Bandstand heralding from the Royal Jubilee Exhibition held here in 1887.
Eating out and nightlife
Newcastle restaurants source a rich abundance of fine local produce from Northumberland and the North East region so it’s not surprising that in Newcastle city centre you will find ample choice of award winning and superb restaurants.
Hotspots include the Fishermans Lodge, Cafe 21, Brasserie Black Door at The Biscuit Factory in the Ouseburn area of the city, Secco Restorante Salentino on Pilgrim Street or visit the exquisite Teppan Yaki restaurant, Hanahana on Bath Lane where you meal is cooked before you. Find award winning vegetarian food in Newcastle at Bob Trollop bar restaurant on Newcastle Quayside.
The city’s nightlife is legendary. Spread across a choice of nightlife quarters in the city from the designer chilled bars in Jesmond, a favourite spot just north of the city centre for beginning your night out in Newcastle, to the chic Newcastle bars on the Quayside and the lively popular favourite bars around Bigg Market in Newcastle city centre.
Nightclubs in Newcastle include superclubs like Liquid & Envy and a wide choice of funky intimate indie and off the wall clubs like The Cosmic Ballroom. The city has a reputation as one of the UK’s best cities for best dance nightclubs showcasing the very best international dance DJs in top dance clubs like Digital Newcastle.
Find a superb choice of gay friendly nightclubs in Newcastle like longstanding favourite The Powerhouse and the exclusively gay club in Newcastle The Loft Luxe around the Pink Triangle near Newcastle Station.
Live music gigs in Newcastle for the best of live music bands feature at the O2 Academy Newcastle, the Newcastle University Basement live music venues and the mammoth Metro Radio Arena Newcastle. Intimate live music pub venues in Newcastle and Jazz cafe bars are also on the menu including favourite Newcastle live music pubs The Head of Steam and The Cluny.
