Byker
Byker is a district in the east of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.
Byker is a district in the east of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Home to the Byker Wall estate, made famous by TV series Byker Grove, Byker's population was recorded at 12,206 in the 2011 census. Byker is bordered by Heaton to the north, Walker and Walkergate to the East and by the Shieldfield and Battlefield areas of Ouseburn Ward to the West.
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Worth seeing in and around Byker
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.
3.8 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.
2.9 km · university in Newcastle upon Tyne, England · Wikipedia - 04Newcastle Cathedral
Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Newcastle and is the mother church of the Diocese of Newcastle.
3 km · Grade I listed cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Blue 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.
3.6 km · international organization founded to protect the world's cultural heritage · Wikipedia - 06Newcastle upon Tyne Castle
The Castle, Newcastle, or Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built on the site of the fortress that gave the City of Newcastle its name. The most prominent remaining structures on the site are the Castle Keep, and the Black Gate, its fortified gatehouse.
2.9 km · 11th-century castle in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St 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.
3.5 km · Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia - 08Castrum Segedunum
Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, North Tyneside in North East England. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne.
3 km · Roman fort in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Utilita Arena
The Newcastle Arena is an indoor arena in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Owned and operated by ASM Global, the naming rights are currently held by Utilita Energy.
3.8 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Newcastle · Wikipedia - 10Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Baltic, stylised as BALTIC) is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety of exhibitions, events, and educational programmes with no permanent exhibition.
2.1 km · Art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Byker
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 11 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 123 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 158 km
- Stations
- Newcastle railway station, 3.4 km · Heworth, 1.9 km · Manors railway station, 2.7 km · Central Station metro station, 3.3 km · St James, 3.7 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Byker131 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £15–20
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Byker155 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · £19–25
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Byker172 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £21–28
- 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 Byker
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 Byker. 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 Byker
Byker is 3 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Newcastle upon Tynecity in Tyne and Wear, England, UK3.3 km
- Gatesheadtown in Tyne and Wear, England3 km
- Wallsendtown in North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom3.4 km
- Fellingurban area in the metropolitan borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England2 km
- Longbentondistrict of North Tyneside, England, UK3.6 km
- Walkersuburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK1.5 km