Find Places To Visit In Newcastle City Centre, Tyne And Wear

An urban gallery displaying the work of 6 artists based on the history of the area.

Sculptures and decorations from old buildings that were demolished to make way for Eldon Square.

A series of murals mounted on the walls of an old air raid shelter just underneath the Black Gate depicting familiar scenes from the city’s history.

Five bronze life-size swans in various stages of flight that look naturally interwoven with each other.

An abstract sculpture by Eilis O'Connell of a conical, polished stainless-steel sculpture.

An attractive folly of several styles making a pleasant sitting arrangement along the River Tyne.

Relief sculpture around a metro ventilation shaft.

A mural depicting history and noteworthy people and places of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Saint George slaying the dragon atop a granite and portland stone pillar in the middle of old Eldon Square

Steel Truffle Pigs and Mushroom Statues hidden in Newcastle Centre by the Men of Steel blacksmith Graeme Hopper.

Exploring the old and modern art around the Northumbria University Campus.

A curvaceous staircase in wood, metal and concrete by Thomas Heatherwick.

A hospital built on the site of a 13th century Augustinian Friary to house the "poor freemen" of Newcastle.

Statue dedicated to George Stephenson at the junction of Westgate Road and Neville Street.

A staircase leading up to where the battery would have been in Newcastle.

A blue carpet made out of crushed glass outside of the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. Part of an urban art project and created by Thomas Heatherwick.

A museum of science and industry housed in the former Co-operative Wholesaler Society Headquarters Building on Blandford Square.

A striking piece of post-war public art by renowned sculptor Geoffrey Clarke.

A charity and working community farm in the urban heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.

A covered market in Newcastle City centre, designed by John Dobson and opened in 1835. Once the largest covered market in the country.

A museum of natural history and ancient civilisations in the heart of Newcastle city centre.

Three statues of Newcastle United legends outside St. James Park - Jackie Milburn, Sir Bobby Robson and Alan Shearer.

A none conformist burial ground that is now a recreation area.

A series of art installations created to celebrate the regeneration of the Hoults Yard estate between 2011 and 2020.

A memorial fountain dedicated to Richard Grainger, the builder famous for his partnership with architect John Dobson.

The first five sailed smock style windmill in Britain and the only remaining one in the North East.

Statues of three heads representing different eras of human and industrial production.

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

A life sized bronze sculpture in memory of Lord Armstrong on Barras Bridge outside the Hancock Museum.

Rotating bridge designed by William Armstrong, which opened in 1876.

A new artwork on the King Street Stairs leading from the Quayside to All Saints Church.

The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers or as it is more commonly known, “The Mining Institute” is one of the finest buildings in Newcastle. It is a Victorian building built at the time when high-Gothic architecture was coming into fashion.

An ornate, Edwardian Shopping Arcade, in the centre of Newcastle built in 1906. The arcade is set within Richard Grainger's Central Exchange Building.

A free art gallery in the centre of Newcastle housing works by Henry Moore, Thomas Bewick, Norman Cornish, Richard Hamilton and Charles Napier Hemy among others.

A war memorial to the Northumberland Fusiliers sited on the grounds of St Thomas the Martyr Church at Barras Bridge, depicting the spirit and patriotic confidence that swept the nation at the outset of war in 1914.

Small photographic gallery on Newcastle's Quayside.

Monument dedicated to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838.

A tunnel running from the Town Moor to the Ouseburn that was used to transport coal and then became an air raid shelter.

Three statues sowing the different aspects of a working man of Newcastle.

A restored Grade I listed, 13th Century Friary and ruins in the centre of Newcastle, now partly used as a restaurant and craft workshops.

25 bronze lion sculptures by artists Gillie and Marc, temporarily on display in Exhibition Park.

An independent Library, the largest outside of London, in the centre of Newcastle established in 1793, opened in 1825 and home of Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society.

Cathedral of Newcastle upon Tyne, originally built in 1091.

A statue of Queen Victoria in St Nicholas' Square to commemorate 500 years of Shrievalty.

A puppet of the Iron Man that was used in the musical of the same name by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

Remains of the 14th century walls that were built around Newcastle Upon Tyne.

A 12th century keep in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.

A bronze sculpture of the River God Tyne found on the side of the Civic Centre building.

The Grade I listed Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle's Catholic and first Cathedral.

A 15 hectare public park, right in the centre of Newcastle, dating from the 1880s and associated with, and named after two major exhibitions, the Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 and the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition.

The Vampire Rabbit is a strange and mysterious “grotesque” that can be found above the door at the rear entrance to the historic Cathedral Buildings, adjacent to Newcastle Cathedral.