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Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (/ nj uː ˈ k æ s əl / ⓘ new-KASS-əl, RP: / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / ⓘ NEW-kah-səl), [5] is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south.
Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, [1] within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Many of the tallest buildings and structures in Newcastle can be found in the city centre, for example the Tyne Bridge at left above. This list of the tallest buildings and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne ranks skyscrapers and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, by height and doesn't include structures in neighbouring Gateshead ...
Grainger Town is the historic commercial centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It covers approximately 36 ha (89 acres). [ 1 ] Almost all of Grainger Town is in Newcastle's Central Conservation Area, one of the first designated in England .
Tyne and Wear 55°00′25″N 1°39′07″W / 55.007°N 1.652°W / 55.007; North Kenton is a suburban housing estate in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne , in Tyne and Wear , England , located north west of the city centre and to the east of Kingston Park .
Newcastle Civic Centre, Haymarket. Haymarket is the northern edge of the city centre bordered by Spital Tongues and Jesmond to the north west and north east respectively. It is the location of Newcastle Civic Centre, Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Haymarket bus station and the City Pool, and is mainly a business area.
The first mansion house in Newcastle upon Tyne was a building on the Quayside which was built in brick and completed in 1691. [2] Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany was entertained at the old mansion house in August 1795. [3]
The history of Newcastle dates from AD 122, when the Romans built the first bridge to cross the River Tyne at that point. The bridge was called Pons Aelius or 'Bridge of Aelius', Aelius being the family name of Roman Emperor Hadrian, [1] who was responsible for the Roman wall built across northern England along the Tyne–Solway gap.