Heritage & History in Newcastle
Historic buildings, walking trails, museums, churches, and the stories behind the streets of Newcastle.
Upcoming Events
View all →King's Hall Lunchtime Concert: Old and New Newcastle
1:15 PM · King's Hall
FREEChristmas Gonk Felting Workshop
1:30 PM (2 hours) · Tyne Theatre & Opera House
£18 including venue levy and booking feeNewcastle Christmas Light Switch-On
6pm (lights on 7pm) · Grey Street
FREEFresh Thursday: MoonMot and Jack Banjo's Snackwall
7:00 PM · Cobalt Studios
£8 to £16Featured Guides
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Historic Trades and Crafts of Newcastle
Coal, keels, glass, pottery and the engines that changed the world. A guide to the trades and crafts that built Newcastle, and where to see their legacy today.
Newcastle in World War Two
How the Tyne's shipyards and armament works made Newcastle a target, the raids that hit the city, the Victoria Tunnel shelter beneath it, and what survives to see today.
Interesting Facts About Newcastle
The castle that named the city, the first public room lit by electric light, a fair larger than Central Park and a vampire rabbit above a cathedral door: verified facts about Newcastle upon Tyne.
Newcastle on Screen: The City in Film and TV
From Get Carter to Our Friends in the North, Byker Grove to Vera, here is the Newcastle you have already seen on screen, and where to find the locations for yourself.
Famous People From Newcastle
From Sting and Cheryl to Alan Shearer, Ant and Dec and a cardinal, here are the musicians, actors and sportspeople born in Newcastle and the wider Tyneside, with an honest note on where each actually came from.
The Oldest Pubs in Newcastle City Centre
From a 16th-century inn with a Charles I connection to a Grade II Quayside gem with Pre-Raphaelite glass, here are the historic pubs that still pour a pint in the centre of Newcastle.
Local Places
Full directory →Northern Stage
CommunityProducing theatre at Barras Bridge by Haymarket, with free creative courses for young people aged 13 to 17 alongside its programme of shows.
Live Theatre
CommunityNew-writing theatre on Broad Chare by the Quayside, running free term-time youth theatre groups for 10 to 16-year-olds and a young company for 17 to 25s.
Discovery Museum
CommunityFree museum of Tyneside science, industry and local history, built around the record-breaking steam turbine ship Turbinia.
Great North Museum: Hancock
CommunityFree natural history and antiquities museum on Newcastle University's campus, with a Hadrian's Wall gallery, dinosaurs and a digital planetarium.
Laing Art Gallery
CommunityFree-entry city art gallery holding Newcastle's principal collection of British paintings, silver, glass and ceramics alongside changing exhibitions.
Newcastle Castle
CommunityThe medieval castle keep and Black Gate gatehouse that gave Newcastle its name, open as a single visitor attraction with rooftop views over the Tyne.