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Newcastle City Library on New Bridge Street West Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne. Newcastle has a strong reputation as a poetry centre. The Morden Tower, run by poet Tom Pickard, is a major venue for poetry readings in the North East, being the place where Basil Bunting gave the first reading of Briggflatts in 1965. [139]
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.
Pages in category "Districts of Newcastle upon Tyne" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Chinatown in Newcastle is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne, located in the west of the city, on the edge of the shopping and commercial centre, along Stowell Street. It is one of five Chinatowns in England , with the other four being in London , Birmingham , Manchester , and Liverpool .
Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated north of the City Centre. It constituted a separate urban district of Northumberland from 1895 until 1974 before officially merging with the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2001, it had a population of 23,620.
Benwell was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of St John, [10] in 1866 Benwell became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1914 the parish was abolished to form Newcastle upon Tyne. [11] In 1911 the parish had a population of 27,049. [12] It is now in the unparished area of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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 .
The Swing Bridge stands on the site of the Old Tyne Bridges of 1270 and 1781, and probably of the original Roman Pons Aelius bridge. [ 2 ] The previous bridge on the site was demolished in 1868 to enable larger ships to move upstream to William Armstrong's works. [ 3 ]