Hotels in Newcastle

Hotels in Newcastle

Hotels in the city of Newcastle, England are often used for people who need accommodation in the city of Newcastle in England. Some may want to go to the city of Newcastle because they want a vacation or because they want entertainment, sports, or cultural visit to the city. Some may want to see the local football side Newcastle United. Some may want to see famous historic areas. Some may want to use the city as base to explore the whole of the North East of England.

Newcastle upon Tyne (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city owes its name to the Norman castle built in 1080, by Robert II of Normandy, the eldest son of William the Conqueror. The area around Newcastle was historically a Roman settlement. The medieval Latin name is Novum Castrum super Tynumm, a literal translation. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade and it later became a major coal mining area. The port developed in the 16th century and, along with the shipyards lower down the river, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship repairing centres. These basic industries have now gone and the city is largely an administrative and cultural centre with two universities - Newcastle and Northumbria.

People from Newcastle and surrounding areas are commonly called Geordies. The Latin term Novocastrian can be applied to residents of any place called Newcastle. Newcastle is situated in the North East of England, in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear and the historical and traditional county of Northumberland. The city itself is located on the northern bank of the River Tyne.

Grey's Monument is a to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838 in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was erected to acclaim Earl Grey for the passing of the Great Reform Act of 1832 and stands at the head of Grey Street.

Newcastle has two cathedrals, the Anglican St. Nicholas, with its elegant lantern tower of 1474, and the Roman Catholic St. Mary's, designed by Augustus Welby Pugin. Both cathedrals began their lives as parish churches. St Mary's became a cathedral in 1850 and St Nicholas' in 1882. Newcastle was a prominent centre of the Plymouth Brethren movement up to the 1950s and some small congregations still function. Among these are at the Hall, Denmark Street and Gospel Hall, St Lawrence. One of the largest evangelical Anglican churches in the UK is Jesmond Parish Church, situated a little to the north of the city centre.

Northumberland Street is a major shopping street in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England.

Museums and places of interest in Newcastle

Bessie Surtees House English Hertiage property, Blackfriars, Centre for Life, Discovery Museum Museum, Eldon Square, Hancock Museum Museum, Hatton Gallery Museum, Jesmond Dene Accessible open space Laing Art Gallery Museum, The Lit & Phil, Museum of Antiquities Museum, Newcastle Castle Keep and Blackgate Castle, Newcastle town wall, Quayside Accessible open space, Seven Stories, The Centre for Children's Books, St James' Park football stadium, St Mary's Cathedral Roman Catholic Cathedral, St Nicholas's Cathedral Church of England Cathedral, Town Moor Accessible open space

In the surrounding area

Arbeia Roman Fort Museum, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Museum, Beamish Open Air Museum Heritage railway Museum, Bede's World Museum, Blue Reef Aquarium, Cragside National Trust property Historic house, MetroCentre, The Sage, Gateshead, Segedunum Roman Fort Museum, Shipley Gallery Museum, South Shields Museum Museum, St Mary's Lighthouse Museum, Stephenson Railway Museum Heritage railway Museum, Tanfield Railway Museum Heritage railway Museum, Washington Old Hall National Trust property Historic house, Woodhorn Colliery Museum Museum
The River Tyne is a river in England. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers, the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed Waters' Meet. The North Tyne rises on the Scottish border, north of Kielder Water. It flows through Kielder Forest, and passes through no major settlements before Hexham. The South Tyne rises on Alston Moor, Cumbria and flows through the towns of Haltwhistle and Haydon Bridge, in a valley often called the Tyne Gap. Hadrian's Wall lies to the North of the Tyne Gap. Coincidentally the source of the South Tyne is very close to the sources of the other two great rivers of the industrial north east namely the Tees and the Wear.

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