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Welfare & International
Student Support
Living in Newcastle
in 2011
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Contents
• Shopping• Dance, Theatre & Film• Music Venues• Art & Museums• Eating out• Sport• Life in the UK
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Shopping
FoodSupermarkets
In town - Co-op- Tesco- Marks & Spencer- Waitrose- Sainsburys (mini shop)
Out of town - Tesco (Kingston Park, 24hours)
- Asda (Gosforth (24 hrs) & Longbenton
- Morrisons (Byker)
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Markets• Grainger Market
• Green Market
• Quayside Market (Sundays)
• Regular World, European and Arts & Crafts markets (at Monument in City Centre)
• Xmas markets in December
Corner Shops
Convenient, but beware –
they are expensive!
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Clothes
Northumberland Street
Eldon Square
Monument Mall
Central Arcade
Metro Centre (Gateshead -Number 100 bus or train but
not by metro!)
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Household items
For example – bedding,
kitchen equipment, towels,
electrical goods..
Primark
Wilkinsons
Argos
Poundland
BootsIKEA at the Metro Centre
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Services
Post OfficeWH Smith, Northumberland Street
BanksLloyds TSBHSBCBarclaysNatWest……..etc
PharmacyBoots, Superdrug or individual shops
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Public Parks & Green SpacesIn & Near City Centre:
• Exhibition Park:www.exhibitionpark.co.uk
• Leazes Park (Newcastle Green Festival in summer)
• Jesmond Dene:www.jesmonddene.org.uk
Residential Area Parks and Green Areas:
• Gosforth Park• Heaton Park• Iris Brickfield (Heaton, 10 minutes from Chillingham
Road)• Ouseburn Valley:www.ouseburnnewcastle.org
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Beaches and Bays - Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
• Tynemouth (next to Tynemouth Priory)
• South Shields Beaches
• Roker and Seaham
• Cullercoats
• Berwick
• Bamburgh (next to Bamburgh Castle)
• Alnmouth
• Seahouses
• www.northumberland-beaches.co.uk• www.nexus.org.uk/explore/beaches
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Dance, theatre & filmDance
• Dance City
Theatre• Theatre Royal• Live Theatre• Northern Stage• People’s Theatre• Hyena Café
Cinema• Empire Cinema in “The Gate”• Odeon Gateshead• Tyneside Cinema ‘world’ cinema• Star & Shadow• The Side
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Music venues
• Sage• Telewest Arena • City Hall • Students’ Union • Carling Academy• Cluny Warehouse
(Ouseburn)• Live Theatre (Jesmond)• The Head of Steam• The Bridge Hotel
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Art & Museums
• Museums• Discovery Museum
• Art• Laing Art Gallery• Baltic (Gateshead – walk over bridge)• Biscuit Factory (Shieldfield)• 36 Lime Street (Ouseburn)• Side Gallery
• Culture/Science• Centre for Life• Seven Stories (Ouseburn)
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Eating Out• Huge range of restaurants in
the city centre
• Italian, Chinese, Indian, Greek, Mexican, Japanese…
• “Happy Hours” and student specials
• Students’ Union and University catering outlets
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Sport
Participating in sport• Sport Northumbria• City pools • Eldon Leisure Centre• Surrounding countryside• Great North Run half-
marathon in September
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Spectator sport
• Football (Newcastle United)
• Rugby Union (Newcastle Falcons)
• Basketball
• Ice-hockey
• Athletics (Gateshead Stadium)
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Life in the UK• Take some time to visit different places such as
Edinburgh (1 ½ hours on train)
• York (1 hour on train)
• Durham (15 minutes on train)
• Lake District
• Northumberland (buses from City Centre)
• London (3 hours on train)
• Buy discount passes for cheaper travel locally and nationally:
www.nexus.org.uk/travel-information/tickets www.16-25railcard.co.uk/online
• Use cheap airlines like Easyjet and Ryan Air
• Join One Planet!
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Local Travel:
• www.nexus.org.uk/mymetro
• www.arrivabus.co.uk/north-east/
• www.travelinenortheast.info
• Local and National Travel:
• www.thetrainline.com
• http://uk.megabus.com/default.aspx
• www.nationalexpress.com
Travel Information
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• www.newcastlegateshead.com
• www.visitnortheastengland.com
More Information on Things to Do and Places to Go in the
North East
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Have a fabulous time in Newcastle!
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