Gosforth

Worth seeing in and around Gosforth

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.

1. 01
   St James’ Park

   St. James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

   3.3 km · football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Newcastle 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 km · university in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Northumbria 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.

   3.3 km · university in Newcastle upon Tyne, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Newcastle 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.

   3.9 km · Grade I listed cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Blue 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.

   2.8 km · international organization founded to protect the world's cultural heritage · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Diocese of Newcastle

   The Diocese of Newcastle is a Church of England diocese based in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering the historic county of Northumberland, as well as the area of Alston Moor in Cumbria. The diocese came into being on 23 May 1882, and was one of four created by the Bishoprics Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict.

   3.9 km · Church of England diocese · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kingston 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.

   3.7 km · rugby stadium in Newcastle-on-Tyne · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Grey'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.

   3.5 km · monument in Newcastle, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Laing 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.

   3.4 km · Art gallery in Newcastle, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Great North Museum: Hancock

    The Great North Museum: Hancock is a museum of natural history and ancient civilisations in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The museum was established in 1884 and was formerly known as the Hancock Museum.

    2.8 km · natural history museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Getting to Gosforth

Airports

Newcastle (NCL), 6 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 127 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 152 km

Stations

Manors railway station, 3.7 km · Central Station metro station, 4 km · St James, 3.4 km · Manors, 3.6 km · Haymarket Metro station, 3.1 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Gosforth

  134 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £15–20
  GuideToday
• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Gosforth

  152 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · £18–24
  GuideToday
• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Gosforth

  174 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £21–28
  GuideToday
• From anywhere

  The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
  Plan a trip

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 Gosforth

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 Gosforth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Gosforth – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.