This is why you NEED to visit Newcastle Upon Tyne | England's MOST Underrated City
Welcome to my vlog of Newcastle upon Tyne, I'm proud to be bringing you to my home! Join me as I explore some of the most iconic landmarks and hidden gems that this city has to offer.
We'll start by strolling along the iconic Quayside, with its famous bridges and scenic riverside views. Then, we'll walk through the charming streets of the city center, taking in the stunning Georgian and Victorian architecture, including the famous Grey Street and Grainger Town. As a season ticket holder of Newcastle United, I'll also give you a sneak peak of St James' Park on a match day, and a glimpse of what all us Geordies are passionate about. To finish off on our first day exploring, we'll also visit a few of the free museums such as the Discovery Museum, The Hancock Museum and the Laing Art Gallery.
Day 2 brings a lovely little surprise of snowfall, and we begin at Grey's Monument, this time working our way through Grainger Town, and passing the bustling Grainger Market, where you can find a wide array of local products and delicious food. A quick stop off at The Bigg Market, then we head towards the grand Central Station, then into a hidden gem, the Lit and Phil.
I'll then take you into St Nicholas' Cathedral, which I had never been in before, and then along to Newcastle's Castle Keep, which gave Newcastle its name.
As promised, finishing off with a lovely surprise, we'll be heading down into the dark with Victoria Tunnel Tours. I found exploring the Victoria Tunnel fascinating, and really enjoyed the stories and history alongside it.
It took a lot of planning, researching, and editing to finally get this video out, so I really hope you enjoyed it and it wasn't too boring. If you all enjoy this video, I may very well make a part 2, picking up on some stuff I missed out, but also including some other things to see and do which are slightly outside of the city.
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Summer walk in Newcastle upon Tyne. 4K
Summer walk in Newcastle, amazing walk in a beautiful sunny day from the river to the city centre.
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Places to see in ( Newcastle upon Tyne - UK )
Places to see in ( Newcastle upon Tyne - UK )
Newcastle upon Tyne is a university city on the River Tyne in northeast England. With its twin city, Gateshead, it was a major shipbuilding and manufacturing hub during the Industrial Revolution and is now a centre of business, arts and sciences. Spanning the Tyne, modern Gateshead Millennium Bridge, noted for its unique tilting aperture, is a symbol of the 2 cities.
Newcastle upon Tyne commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities. Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county of itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974. The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie. Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University.
The city of Newcastle upon Tyne developed around the Roman settlement Pons Aelius and was named after the castle built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the 14th century, and later became a major coal mining area. The port developed in the 16th century and, along with the shipyards lower down the River Tyne, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship-repairing centres. Newcastle's economy includes corporate headquarters, learning, digital technology, retail, tourism and cultural centres, from which the city contributes £13 billion towards the United Kingdom's GVA. Among its icons are Newcastle United football club and the Tyne Bridge. Since 1981 the city has hosted the Great North Run, a half marathon which attracts over 57,000 runners each year.
Newcastle International Airport is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from the city centre on the northern outskirts of the city near Ponteland . Newcastle railway station, also known as Newcastle Central Station, is a principal stop on the East Coast Main Line and Cross Country Route. Central Station is one of the busiest stations in Britain. The city is served by the Tyne and Wear Metro, a system of suburban and underground railways covering much of Tyne and Wear. Major roads in the area include the A1 (Gateshead Newcastle Western Bypass), stretching north to Edinburgh and south to London; the A19 heading south past Sunderland and Middlesbrough to York and Doncaster; the A69 heading west to Carlisle; the A696, which becomes the A68 heads past Newcastle Airport. Newcastle is accessible by several mostly traffic-free cycle routes that lead to the edges of the city centre. here are 3 main bus companies providing services in the city; Arriva North East, Go North East and Stagecoach North East.
Alot to see in ( Newcastle upon Tyne - UK ) such as :
Great North Museum
Centre for Life
Discovery Museum
The Castle, Newcastle
Tyne Bridge
Laing Art Gallery
Newcastle Cathedral
Angel of the North
Great North Museum: Hancock
Jesmond Dene
Beamish Museum
Hatton Gallery
Newcastle town wall
Newcastle Racecourse
Church of St Thomas the Martyr
Tyneside Cinema
Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne
Grey's Monument
Exhibition Park, Newcastle
Pets Corner
Bessie Surtees House
Quayside
Aspers Casino Newcastle
St Mary's Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Biscuit Factory
Genting Casino Newcastle
Seven Stories
Paddy Freeman's Park
Side Photographic Gallery
Iles Tours Newcastle
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Trinity House
The Black Gate
National Trust - Holy Jesus Hospital
Stephenson Works Boilershop
Hodgkin Park
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums
Benwell Roman Temple - Hadrian's Wall
Motor Museum
Lambton Castle
Trinity Maritime Centre
Partnership House
Iris Brickfield
Heaton Park
Denton Hall Turret - Hadrian's Wall
Benwell Nature Park
Byker Grove
Lemington Glass Works
Kenton Park Sports Centre
Ravensworth Castle
( Newcastle upon Tyne - UK) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Newcastle upon Tyne . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Newcastle upon Tyne - UK
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Benwell, West Newcastle
Shows a quick snapshot of the less affluent area of Newcastle, with a diverse outlook.
Here being the West end, Benwell is a multicultural area with various shops and community outposts set up by the various cultures and nationalities.
There is community spirit provided by local churches and St Joseph's is seen which is a church plant of the popular Jesmond Parish Church
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Spending 24hrs in NEWCASTLE with only £50 - Did I run out of Money?
In this video I visit the northern British city of Newcastle Upon Tyne for 24 hours with only a £50 budget for a British holiday/vacation/city break in a challenge to see what you can see and do with a limited amount of money and time. What tourist attractions and events can you do and visit? Newcastle weather permitting I explore the city and even get to hear the Newcastle accent spoken in its native environment!
The most famous landmark in Newcastle is the Tyne Bridge so I paid it a visit to see what it was like to see it in person. I had a look around the Discovery museum to learn a bit about Newcastle's history, I indulged in a bit of art by checking out the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art before crossing another famous bridge in Newcastle, the Millennium Bridge. I have a look round Newcastle Cathedral and admire the gothic architecture and visit Newcastle Castle which dates back to medieval times.
Did I also get a chance to visit Newcastle Airport, Newcastle University or get to drink Newcastle Brown Ale? Find out in this video.
I try out a few local restaurants for breakfast, Lunch and Dinner including Quay Ingredient Coffee House for a delicious Eggs Benedict, Albufeira cafe for a taste of Portugal and Rasika Indian Restaurant for a great curry, naan bread and kebabs. All great food places to visit!
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Exploring Newcastle Upon Tyne, England | November Walk in Newcastle | 4K Walking Tour 2023
Exploring Newcastle Upon Tyne, England | Night Life in Newcastle | 4K Walking Tour 2023
Hi Guys, Welcome to my channel. In this video, I am going to walk around the best city of England, Newcastle Upon Tyne! I am going to Walk my way towards the St James Blvd Road which is covered with autumn leaves these days. Such a scenic view a must-watch it is. Then I will take you guys towards Clayton Street where you guys can see the Granger market, Grey's Monument, and all the way towards Northumberland Street. After that, I will walk towards Granger Street which also leads towards the Grey's Monument and Northumberland Street. At the end, I will take you to Eldon Square Mall which has almost all the brands available for shopping.
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THINGS TO DO in NEWCASTLE - Christ Church Cathedral
Ange and I decided to visit the Christ Church Cathedral in new castle. Located on the Hill its a pretty steep walk so if mobility is a issue for you its probably best for you to get dropped off at the front of the building, check out my video to see the location best to be dropped off.
The video doesn't really give you a good idea of the sheer scale of this Church its really beautiful especially with the glass windows.
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Hadrian's Wall Roman Gallery, Great North Museum:Hancock, Newcastle. Full tour. Free entry.
Hadrian’s Wall Gallery at the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle, is an essential place to go to during your visit to the Wall. The gallery houses an outstanding collection of Roman statues, altars and milestones from along the wall. My film takes you on a tour around the Roman items on display.
The Great North Museum: Hancock is an award winning museum of natural history and ancient civilisations, located in the centre of Newcastle. It is free to enter.
If you are visiting Hadrian’s Wall then I highly recommend a visit to the Great North Museum in Newcastle, where you will see in the Hadrian’s Wall gallery, statues, milestones, altars and artefacts found at the various sites along the wall. Much of our understanding about the history of the wall has been learnt from the inscriptions found on these items. The gallery at the heart of the museum is devoted to Hadrian’s Wall, exploring its construction and many aspects of life along the Roman frontier, including its defence, medicine, and worship. A few of the most noteworthy exhibits:
• The ornate statue showing the birth of Mithras from a cosmic egg, decorated with signs of the zodiac.
• The giant-sized relief from Houseteads which shows Mithras slaying a bull.
The museum has a number of other great exhibitions including: The Living Planet gallery which tells the story of wildlife and habitats, including a life-size African elephant model; a display about the Ancient Egyptians which includes an Epyptian mummy; Fossils gallery houses a full size T-Rex skeleton replica. The museum includes exhibitions on natural history and geology, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, Romans and Hadrian's Wall, World Cultures and Pre-history. It also includes an interactive study zone, an under 5's space, and a digital Planetarium, as well as new learning facilities, a new temporary exhibition space, cafe and a study garden.
The museum houses not only the Hancock Museum collections, but also those of the University's Museum of Antiquities and Shefton Museum.
Among the Museum's permanent residents are a life-size cast of an African elephant; the Egyptian mummy Bakt-en-Hor (previously known as Bakt-hor-Nekht); a full size replica of a T-Rex skeleton; and Sparkie, Newcastle's famous talking budgie, who was stuffed after his death in 1962
Where to find the museum
The museum is located in a Victorian building on the campus of Newcastle University, next to the Great North Road, and close to Barras Bridge. The nearest Tyne & Wear Metro station is Haymarket, and there is also a bus station at Haymarket. The walk to the museum is only 5 minutes.
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Grainger House Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Watch in HD • A second visit to Newcastle upon Tyne [2015]. Mostly great weather and beautiful places such as Grey Street, Grainger Market, Eldon Square, Earl Grey's monument, the Gate, Church of St. Thomas the Martyr and many more.
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Hadrian's Wall Path takes a detour away from the Wall at Heddon-on-the-Wall where it heads down to the river. The path then follows the river to Wallsend bypassing the last section of the wall in favour of a more scenic route.
The day after completing the Isaac Tea Trail, I decided to walk the real route of the Wall.
I managed to get a lift to Jesmond in Newcastle with the intention of catching the Metro to Wallsend. However, I forgot to bring my wallet and didn't have any cash on me... so walked to Byker to start my walk. I wanted to walk to Wallsend to start but I had family commitments that meant I needed to be in Heddon-on-the-Wall by 3pm.
The walk is a road walk, so trainers. Took me 3.5 hours from Byker with stops to take film footage, some time spent around Newcastle Keep (the site of a Roman fort), and a little detour into Benwell to capture the Roman temple and Vallum crossing.
My planned route from Wallsend can be found at:
I pick up the trail at the bottom of Byker High Street... the wall would've gone through the middle of the street (Shields Road)... and I head down via the Cumberland Arms to the Ouse Burn because Byker Bridge wouldn't have been there in Roman times.
I had intended to give talked commentary on my walk but the sound of the traffic drowned me out most of the time, so decided to just put the entire walk to music.
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Big Ben is More Complicated Than You Think
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West Newcastle / Gateshead view
Shows the view from a flat on Scotswood Road in Newcastle.
The views take in the area around Gateshead and the Metro Centre and Benwell in the West of Newcastle.
The River Tyne is seen between Newcastle and Gateshead.
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View of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben (well not the actual bell) in London, England
The Roman Wall at Segedunum (Wallsend), UK
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Segedunum marks the western extremity of Hadrian's Wall. The first idea was that the Roman Wall would end at Pons Aelius (Newcastle upon Tyne). Work began at Pons Aelius in 122CE and proceeded towards the west. Subsequently, it was decided that the Wall should be extended further east, possibly to protect the river crossing at Pons Aelius. In about 127CE, work was begun on a further four-mile section of the Wall east from the fort of Pons Aelius. The new section of wall was narrower than the sections previously built, being 2.29 m on a foundation of 2.4 m. Unlike the existing wall, the extension had no vallum.
The fort measured 138 m from north to south and 120 m from east to west, covering and area of 1.7 hectares. A wide ditch and an earth embankment surrounded the fort on all sides. It had four double gates with the east, west and north gates opening outside the wall and only the south gate opening within the Wall. The Wall joined to the west wall of the fort just south of the west gate. From the southeast angle of the fort, a 1.98 m wide wall ran down to the riverbank and extended at least as far as the low water level.
There is evidence that there was an extensive village surrounding the fort, including the area to the north of the wall.
The original garrison of Segedunum is unknown, but in the second century the Second Cohort of Nervians was stationed there. In the third and fourth centuries the part-mounted Fourth Cohort of the Lingones occupied the fort, as recorded in the Notitia Dignitatum. Both units were 600 strong. 120 cavalry and 480 infantry
Sometime round about 400CE the fort was abandoned. For centuries the area remained as open farmland, but in the eighteenth century, collieries were sunk near the fort and the area gradually became a populous pit village. Eventually, in 1884, the whole fort disappeared under terraced housing.
In 1929 some excavations were carried out which recorded the outline of the fort. The local authority marked out this outline in white paving stones. In the 1970s the terraced houses covering the site were demolished.
A section of Hadrian's Wall was excavated and a reconstruction built in the early 1990s. The Segedunum project began in January 1997 with a series of excavations in and around the Fort, as well as the construction of the Bath House and the conversion of former Swan Hunter shipyard buildings to house the new museum. Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum opened to the public in June 2000.
HADRIAN'S WALL
Hadrian's Wall was 117.5 km long, it varied in height depending on what construction materials were available nearby. In this area the wall was around 2.4m high and we can still see where the ditches were located.
Roman Emperor Hadrian came to Britain in 122CE and the wall was no doubt planned before then, maybe even started before then. The wall was a clear indication of Roman power but also an indication that enough was enough and that the Empire was not going to continue growing. Hadrian's father Trajan had extended the Empire with the acquisition of Dacia in modern Romania and Mesopotamia in modern Iraq but Hadrian retreated from these areas. Hadrian followed the principle of Augustus a century earlier that consolidation, not enlargement was the name of the game.
Would it not have been easier for Hadrian simply to have conquered the remainer of Britain rather than build a wall? After all, he knew it was an island. This is a good question, the north had a low population and indeed the Empire did make north briefly later. I am unable to give an answer.
The Wall served more of a statement than a military value. It showed outsiders how strong Rome was and was useful in collecting taxation revenues. Certainly in other parts of the Empire, the 'barbarians' outside were beginning to live like Romans at this time and organise towns, roads etc.
The wall took only six years to finish although no doubt extra work was continually being done. At each of the 80 Roman miles there was a milecastle holding a handful of troops who could be called out if necessary. These milecastles were located within signalling or physical view of each other and so they are not equidistant.
The garrison was made up of auxiliaries, sometimes from far away places. The fortress of Arbeia (not strictly speaking a border fortress) at South Shields was garrisoned by people from Iraq!