Experience the best of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a river city in north-east England, with a Norman castle keep, a row of bridges over the Tyne and a revived quayside.
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Newcastle grew around a Roman bridge crossing and takes its name from the castle begun here in 1080 by Robert Curthose, son of William the Conqueror. The stone keep still stands above the railway, beside the Black Gate. The Tyne is crossed by the Swing Bridge, the High Level Bridge and the steel arch of the Tyne Bridge, and Grainger Town has classical streets of the 1830s with Grey's Monument at their heart.
On the Quayside, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art fills a former flour mill, and the curved glass Sage Gateshead stands across the river. The Angel of the North, a steel figure with 54-metre wings, watches the main road from Gateshead. The Roman fort of Segedunum at Wallsend marks the end of Hadrian's Wall, and Tynemouth, with its priory ruins, and Whitley Bay have sandy beaches.
Pease pudding, pan haggerty, a dish of layered potato and onion, and stottie cake, a flat round loaf stuffed with ham, are northern staples, and the city's Chinese quarter and riverside pubs are well loved. The Hoppings fair fills the Town Moor in June, and the Great North Run ends at South Shields each September.
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