Blakelaw and North Fenham
Blakelaw and North Fenham is a civil parish in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England.
Blakelaw and North Fenham is a civil parish in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north west of the city centre, and is entirely surrounded by the unparished area of Newcastle upon Tyne. It covers the areas of Blakelaw, Cowgate and North Fenham, and has a population of 6,468, decreasing slightly to 6,452 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Blakelaw and North Fenham
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St James’ Park
St. James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
3.2 km · football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Newcastle University
The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, which trades as Newcastle University, is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia.
3.4 km · university in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Northumbria University
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle, which operates as Northumbria University, is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.
3.9 km · university in Newcastle upon Tyne, England · Wikipedia - 04Blue Shield International
The Blue Shield, formerly the International Committee of the Blue Shield, is an international organization founded in 1996 to protect the world's cultural heritage from threats such as armed conflict and natural disasters. Originally intended as the "cultural equivalent of the Red Cross", its name derives from the blue shield symbol designed by Jan Zachwatowicz, used to signify cultural sites protected by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict.
3.3 km · international organization founded to protect the world's cultural heritage · Wikipedia - 05St Mary's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Mary is a Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and seat of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.
3.8 km · Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia - 06Discovery Museum
The Discovery Museum is a science museum and local history museum situated in Blandford Square in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia.
3.5 km · Science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Kingston Park
Kingston Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is used mostly for rugby union and rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Premiership Rugby side Newcastle Red Bulls.
3 km · rugby stadium in Newcastle-on-Tyne · Wikipedia - 08Grey's Monument
Grey's Monument is a Grade I-listed monument in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was built in 1838 in recognition of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834.
3.8 km · monument in Newcastle, UK · Wikipedia - 09Metrocentre
Metrocentre is a shopping centre and entertainment complex in the Dunston area of Gateshead. It is located on the former site of Dunston Power Station, near to the River Tyne.
3.9 km · shopping and leisure complex in north east England · Wikipedia - 10Laing Art Gallery
The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is located on New Bridge Street West. The gallery was designed in the Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements by architects Cackett & Burns Dick and is now a Grade II listed building.
3.9 km · Art gallery in Newcastle, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Blakelaw and North Fenham
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 5 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 125 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 152 km
- Stations
- Newcastle railway station, 3.9 km · Central Station metro station, 3.9 km · St James, 3.3 km · Haymarket Metro station, 3.5 km · MetroCentre railway station, 3.7 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Blakelaw and North Fenham134 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £15–21
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Blakelaw and North Fenham149 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £18–24
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Blakelaw and North Fenham173 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · £22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Blakelaw and North Fenham
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blakelaw and North Fenham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inPort of Tyne, east of city centre, has overnight DFDS ferries from IJmuiden near Amsterdam.
- Get aroundThe Transport North East Day Ticket covers bus, Metro, rail and ferry services within Tyne and Wear for £6.00 per day, or £6.80 including County Durham and Northumberland.
- Get aroundA ride from city centre to the airport in 2022 is around £15, and to the ferry terminal is £18.
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Next door to Blakelaw and North Fenham
Blakelaw and North Fenham is 4 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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