Newcastle upon Tyne (RP: /ˌnjuːkɑːsəl əˌpɒn ˈtaɪn/; Locally: /njuːˌkæsəl əˌpən ˈtaɪn/), commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East and Tyneside the seventh most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities. Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974.
Population: 192,382
Latitude: 54° 58' 23.81" N
Longitude: -1° 36' 50.26" W
Dalton Park is a shopping centre in Murton, County Durham, England. It is built on the site of the former colliery's slag heaps. It is the largest factory outlet style shopping centre in the North East, where branded goods are sold at discounted pri…
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There are four castles in Tyne and Wear, a metropolitan county in North East England.
Castle Ward was a rural district of the administrative county of Northumberland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area north-west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was named after the historic Castle ward of Northumberland. In 1974, under…
Cade's Road is a postulated Roman Road in north-east England. It is named after John Cade of Durham, an 18th-century antiquarian who in 1785 proposed its existence and possible course from the Humber Estuary northwards to the River Tyne, a distance …
Byker Metro station is located in Byker, an area in the east-end of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Bavington Hall is a 17th-century privately owned country house at Little Bavington in Northumberland.
Bardon Mill railway station is a railway station which serves the village of Bardon Mill in Northumberland, England.
The A696 is a major road in Northern England, that runs from Otterburn in Northumberland to Newcastle upon Tyne.
The A690 is a road in County Durham running from Sunderland in the east through Durham to Crook.
Woodhorn, officially Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives and formerly known as Woodhorn Colliery Museum, is located in Ashington, Northumberland. The museum depicts the lives of coal mine workers and features original buildings and equipment…
Walkergate Metro station in Newcastle upon Tyne, is on the Yellow line of the Tyne and Wear Metro.
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