City breaks - Newcastle Gateshead great ideas

What to do indoors

• Life Science Centre
• Seven Stories, the Centre for Children’s Books
• St Nicholas’ Cathedral
• Castle Keep

What to do outdoors

• Angel of the North
• Gateshead Millennium Bridge 
• Grey’s Monument, Grey Street
• Newcastle Racecourse
• Jesmond Dene, off Jesmond Road
• Town Moor, off Great North Road (B1318)
• City Sightseeing Tour Bus 
• Saltwell Park 

What to do in the daytime

Museums & galleries

• Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
• Laing Art Gallery
• University Gallery
• Hatton Gallery
• Shipley Art Gallery
• Side Photographic Gallery
• Discovery Museum
• Hancock Museum
• Museum of Antiquities
• Workplace 
• Vane
• Globe City
• The Biscuit Factory

Shopping

• MetroCentre
• Eldon Square
• Eldon Garden
• Monument Mall
• Princess Square
• Grainger Town
• High Bridge
• Northumberland Street
• Farmers’ Market
• Jesmond (Clayton Road, Acorn Road, Brentwood Avenue)

What to do at nighttime

Entertainment

• Theatre Royal
• Live Theatre
• Hyena Café
• The Sage Gateshead
• Metro Radio Arena
• Newcastle City Hall
• Tyneside Cinema
• World Headquarters
• Foundation  0191 261 8985
• Baja Beach Club
• Carling Academy 
• The Gate 

Eating and drinking

• Crown Posada
• Cumberland Arms
• Free Trade  0191 265 5764
• Apartment
• Bar 55º
• The Head of Steam @ The Cluny 
• Jesmond Dene House
• Black Door
• Comfort Food Company  0191 261 1525
• Pani’s  0191 232 4366
• Café 21
• Spice a La Carte  0191 281 9988
• Café Royal
• Caffe Bar Paradiso
• Blackfriars Café Bar
• La Riviera

Events

• Green Festival, May
• Newcastle Mela, August
• BUPA Great North Run, September