The Laing Art Gallery boasts a truly impressive collection of artworks dating from the 18C-20C. It also houses a very fine collection of watercolours and pays tribute to the decorative arts, represented by a splendid display of glass, ceramic and sil..

The " new castle " was built by William the Conqueror's son, Robert Courteheuse, in 1080. The keep is all that remains of the castle which he inherited in the 12C. From the top of this huge construction, you are greeted with a beautiful pan..

Arriving from the south you will see this remarkable urban landscape at its best, heightened by the bridges spanning the Tyne: High Level Bridge, the oldest, Swing Bridge, Tyne Bridge and the Millenium Bridge (2001), a marvel of technology and aesthe..

An enlightened 19C town planning project gave Newcastle a new town centre complete with public buildings, large covered markets, retail arcades and broad streets, the finest of which is Grey Street. Running parallel to busy Grainger Street, it runs f..

This museum exhibits a number of sketches of Hadrian's wall, as well as a number of objects found on site. The temple of Mithra de Carrawburgh was rebuilt with the original sculpted stones.

The well-restored buildings of the 13C Dominican convent now has a crafts centre.

In this Science, Technology and local history museum in Newcastle, pride of place is given to Turbinia which, for a while was the fastest vessel in the world and the star of the 1879 naval review titled Spithead. Some of the exhibitions provide an in..

The impact of a meteorite, the mysteries of DNA, the complexities of the brain and the development of a new born baby - these are just some of the mysteries that are unravelled through highly original films and interactive experinces. The leisure cen..

Not far from the «new castle» you will see the strange outline of the multi-storey buildings of the colourful Byker Wall, which was the end-product of a successful collaboration of architects and the inhabitants of the old working class district of B..