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Newcastle upon TyneNewest Review: ... great place for shopping and has a major train station near the centre. although not exactly in newcastle, europe's largest shopping centre, the metro centre is located near by in gateshead. necastle also serves as a great night out with the quay side being a particular hit full with bars and clubs lining the river. the metro radio arena is also in the city centre where one can go and see a ... more |
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by sunboi2k8 - written on 22.06.08 (Useful, 30 readings)
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newcastle is a great city and has a bitter rivalry with near by city of sunderland. this city is located in the north east of england in tyne and wear some 3 miles from the coast. the city centre is a great place for shopping and has a major train station near the centre. although not exactly in newcastle, europe's largest shopping centre, the metro centre is located near by in gateshead. necastle also serves as a great night out with the quay side being a particular hit full with bars and clubs lining the river. the metro radio arena is also in the city centre where one can go and see a variety of big name bands, who almost always include newcastle on the uk tour. the ...
by luced - written on 17.05.08 (Useful, 33 readings)
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Newcastle is home to the Geordie and Newcastle United. If you want to visit a place that mixes old with new, history with the future, then Newcastle is the place to be. If you get the train into Newcastle you get the well known view of most of the bridges being aligned behind each other with the Baltic (a new art museaum), the sage (a new building dedicated to music), the metro radio arena and the town of Newcastle. When you are going around Newcastle you can visit the huge Newcastle United stadium called St. James' where people like Alan Shearer and Kevin Keagan have shown us what they can do. If you walk down from St.James' you can go shopping in many of the ...
by bluejules - written on 28.07.07 (Very useful, 222 readings)
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Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in north-east England. Technically, people from Newcastle are Novocastrians, although the term Geordie is now more commonly used. I'm not actually from Newcastle but it's the nearest city to where I live (about 15 miles away) and I go quite often. Newcastle, known at the time as "Pons Aelius" was founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian, whose Wall is still visible in parts of Newcastle, particularly along the West Road that leads out from the city centre towards the A69 road. This wall ends at Wallsend (What a surprisingly original name! - Newcastle itself was ...





