North Tyneside
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.
It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park, Wallsend.
Getting to North Tyneside
- 01Newcastle Airport
Worth seeing
The Angel of the North spreads their massive wings by the A1(M) as you approach from the south. Newcastle has an elegant late-Georgian city centre around Grey St and Grainger Town. Gateshead: the south bank of the Tyne facing Newcastle is a separate city. Walk across the Millennium or "Blinking" Bridge for the Baltic Art Gallery. You might detour to come back via the High Level Bridge or the Swing Bridge.
Things to do
Watch football: Newcastle United and Sunderland AFC are the pro soccer teams, Newcastle Falcons play pro rugby union (15 a side) and Newcastle Thunder play rugby league (13 a side). Cricket: Durham County Cricket Club play at Riverside in Chester-le-Street; Test matches (ie internationals) are also played there. Go to the races but don't head for Blaydon Races, which closed over a century ago.
Where to eat
Newcastle Chinatown, along Stowell St, also has Japanese and "fusion" cuisine whatever that is. Blackfriars within a 13th century monastery in Newcastle is probably the region's top restaurant. All the towns have a cheap and cheerful strip with Italian and the fast-food of several continents. A stottie is a circular loaf of bread.
Getting around North Tyneside the local way
- 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.
From Wikivoyage: Newcastle upon Tyne, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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