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N O R T H U M B E R L A N D S T St Andrew’s Tyneside Cinema Explore Church A B C D E Find 1 Central Arcade Old Newcastle T EE Theatre Royal TR Amen Corner D3 T S The RKE Bigg Market C2 Gate MA Black Gate D3 Bridge Hotel D4 Grainger Town Castle Keep D3 Castle Stairs D4 Cloth / Flesh Market C2 Blackfriars Cathedral Church of D2 St. Nicholas & Chinatown Rutherford Fountain Church of St. John the Baptist B3 2 BI George Stephenson Monument B3 GG MK Grey Street Literary & Philosophical Society C3 T C North of England C3 LO map and guide heritage Free TH Gateshead Institute of Mining / F LE and Mechanical Engineers S begins story the Where Old G H R O M A Millennium Bridge A Old General Post Office C3 T R K Newcastle M E A T Statue of Queen Victoria D2 R Old Newcastle K E Vermont Hotel D3 T Heritage The Tyne Quayside Y Statue of Queen Victoria R A All Saints’ ChurchTheatre E M N Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas E A S L BALTIC 3 Church of St. John the Baptist ST Explore O OD Centre for Contemporary Art R O NER W S OR G E T C Bessie Surtees House Brandling IN AR MEN Village LL H N A O C I C N C The Sage TO H George Stephenson Monument N Quayside Newcastle E Old General O University Jesmond Vale D Medical L Trinity House School Library Post Office A Welcome to Old Newcastle, Where the Story Begins North of England Institute of Mining S S Discovery & Stephenson Great North Museum and Mechanical EngineersOne square T Black Gate T represents Northern NewcastleE S approximately Visit Old Newcastle to explore nearly There are many more subtle layers and Discovery Museum St. Mary’s Stage ILL 4 minutes walk Literary & Vermont Hotel NEV O 2000 years of history all packed into social histories to explore. The Side is Newcastle City Centre R Philosophical CathedralUniversity half a square mile. Whether you want one of Newcastle’s remaining medieval Grainger Memorial Fountain C Society H to explore, take in the fine streets. Charles Avison once graced the Newcastle Central Station A architecture or discover the rich area with his tuneful concertos, in London R Quayside D heritage of the historic heart of style, whilst the workshop of Ralph Beilby St. Mary’s Cathedral Haymarket John Dobson Street J Bus Station O S Bessie Surtees Newcastle, there's something here and Thomas Bewick was at Amen Corner H N Northumbria University T D Eldon Garden Shopping O for everyone. just behind St. Nicholas Cathedral. Admiral Centre R N B Castle O S O Moot Hall R Stepney Ouseburn E T N Northern Cumberland Grainger Town H Bank Lord Collingwood, who took over U Farm Print Arms E M Keep B Stables T E Haymarket T R City The Cluny & 36 Lime Street Explore the site of the Roman Fort of command at the Battle of Trafalgar (21st E L E A Library Alderman Fenwick’s House 4 St James’ N STR D The Star & Shadow Castle Stairs Pons Aelius or visit one of the UK’s finest Oct 1805) after the death of Admiral Lord NEVILLE S The & Leazes T Ouseburn Art Works Assembly Rooms Galleries examples of a Norman stone keep or Nelson, was baptised and married in St. St Andrew’s Church Bridge Hotel donjon. Stop in at The Cathedral Church Nicholas Cathedral and Mosley Street Bank of England Building Newcastle Central Station Central Arcade of St. Nicholas, with its fine 15th century was the first street to be lit by the Theatre Royal Lime Street Entrance to Ballast Blackfriars Victoria Tunnel Hills Lantern Tower which for centuries guided incandescent light bulb. Battle Field St Anne’s Church Ballast Hills Park Guildhall Central Exchange & Arcade & Chinatown Grainger Town ships up the Tyne or take a leisurely stroll St Ann’s T Ouseburn EE Barrage St Lawrence TR Park Swing around The Black Gate, a Barbican built City War Memorial H S Grey Street SandgateRT Mariners to the north entrance of the Castle during FO Wharf Walker Road Bridge Clayton Street the reign of King Henry III. Old Spillers Quay The Tyne Statue of Queen Victoria Theatre Church of St. John the Baptist Trinity Cross House & JosephCentre Cowen Statue Newcastle Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas House Old General North of England Institute of Mining Post Office Quayside Discovery and Mechanical Engineers for Life St. Mary’s Black Gate Literary & Vermont Hotel Mushroom Emerson Chambers Cathedral Philosophical Side Gallery Society Quayside BALTIC Works Town Wall Castle Moot Hall Bessie Surtees Keep Baltic Square Newcastle Central Station Castle Stairs Grainger Market Bridge Hotel & Stephenson Guildhall Tyne Bridge Mill Road The Sage Swing Centre Bridge Grainger Street for Life Gateshead Quays Discovery Town Wall The Sage & Stephenson High Level Hillgate Gateshead Bridge Quay Gateshead Grey’s Monument Quayside Heritage Hawks River Tyne Centre High Level Bridge Gateshead Road Hillgate Quayside Coach Parking East Quay Gateshead Further information about OldGateshead Newcastle Surrounding quarters and the work being carried out to revitalise Visitor information Transport Map legend Heritage the area can be found at: Old Newcastle showcases Nocturne Visitor Information Centres can help you For all local travel information, call Traveline Viewpoint Centre on 0871 200 2233, or visit a Nexus some of Newcastle’s finest www.oldnewcastle.org.uk plan your visit before you arrive and offer Visitor Information Centre Blackfriars & Chinatown Workplace Travelshop located within Metro Stations history and architecture… Gallery excellent advice while you are here - as Walking tours of Old Newcastle can be well as selling tickets and souvenirs to at Newcastle Central Station, Haymarket, Travel Information Centre Vane found at: Monument or Gateshead Interchange. On St. Nicholas Street, between the Grainger Town take home with you. Toilets High Street Cathedral and the Black Gate, you Contemporarywww.oldnewcastle.org.uk/walking- Newcastle Visitor Information Centres are Footpath Gatesheadtours will find an excellent spot for viewing GatesheadArt Interchange located at Market Street next to Central Cycleway the Cathedral, Black Gate and Quayside Town Centre Arcade and at Guildhall, Quayside. Coach Castle Keep. Multi-storey car parks Newcastle Visitor Information Quaylink Parking Gateshead Quays 0191 277 8000 Metro station Newcastle City Walking Tours Railway station Discovery & Stephenson 0191 277 8000 www.newcastlegateshead.com Buses Taxis To the best of our knowledge the information provided here was accurate at the time of going to print © 2010. Old Newcastle Discover Where the story begins Welcome to Old Newcastle, where the story begins. Whether you want to explore, take in the fine architecture or discover the rich heritage of the historic heart of Newcastle, this guide will help you start and make the most of your visit. Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas The Black Gate Castle Keep Moot Hall Cultural Life Church of St. John the Baptist High Level Bridge Stairs and Streets Its 15th century lantern tower dominates the Built between 1247 and 1250 during the reign The Castle Keep is one of the finest Norman The Grade I Listed Moot Hall was built in 1811 Around the Church of St. Nicholas a variety This 12th century Grade I Listed parish church Completed in 1849 and designed by Robert The Close and Side are two of Newcastle’s skyline of the area. Formerly Newcastle’s major of King Henry III, The Black Gate was the stone keeps or donjons surviving in Britain to replace the medieval Moot Hall as the County of market activities developed and this area is one of the oldest in Newcastle, erected Stephenson the High Level Bridge was the surviving medieval streets. parish church, it was given Cathedral status gatehouse to the barbican, and the last major today. It sits upon a steep-sided promontory Court. Traditionally a moot hall is a meeting became the main market district of Newcastle. around 1130. The Church was extended solution to a complex problem, that of spanning Amen Corner is where clergy came to the end in 1882, the same year that Newcastle was addition to the Castle defences. It strengthened guarding a vital crossing point over the River place or assembly building, particularly for These activities are commemorated in the several times before about 1450. Some 400 metres of river valley, 156 metres of which of prayer taken in procession around the outside made a City. It is the mother church of the the defences for the north gate of the Castle. Tyne on the site previously occupied by the deciding local issues. surrounding street names, including Cloth evidence of the original building remains, but is across water. Officially opened by Queen of the Cathedral. The workshop of Ralph Beilby most northerly diocese in England. There has The Black Gate is a Scheduled Ancient Roman fort Pons Aelius, an Anglo-Saxon The Moot Hall, along with the Castle Keep Market, Groat Market, and Bigg Market (‘bigg’ most of what can be seen is 14th century. Victoria in September 1849 it was the world’s and his apprentice and eventual business been a Christian church on this site for about Monument and is Grade I Listed. cemetery (serving a nearby settlement probably and the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, was a variety of barley grown in the North East In the chancel north window is the earliest first dual-decked rail and road bridge. partner Thomas Bewick were at Amen Corner. 900 years. called Monkchester) and the Norman castle of England). known representation of Newcastle’s coat of Consisting of an arched passage flanked by played a key role in the keeping of justice in The High Level Bridge, along with the Royal Dog Leap Stairs lead from the Castle Garth Dating mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries two towers it was approached by a turning from which the City takes its name.
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