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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.
Newcastle city centre, 1917, with St James' Park football ground above and left of centre. Newcastle opened its first lunatic asylum in 1767. [32] The asylum catered for people from the counties of Newcastle, Durham and Northumberland. [32] The Newcastle Eccentrics of the 19th century were a
[8] [9] Newcastle's city status was transferred to the enlarged borough at the same time. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the city council was a lower-tier district authority, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The county council was abolished in 1986, since when the city council has again provided both district-level ...
Newcastle Civic Centre is a municipal building in the Haymarket area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [1] Designed by George Kenyon , [ 2 ] the centre was built for Newcastle City Council in 1967 and formally opened by King Olav V of Norway on 14 November 1968. [ 3 ]
Newcastle upon Tyne, a city in Tyne and Wear Newcastle City Centre, the central business district of Newcastle upon Tyne; Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the House of Commons; Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency), a former borough constituency in the county of Northumberland
English rock band The Rolling Stones performed at the City Hall with American R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner and English rock band The Yardbirds on 1 October 1966. [14] The rock band The Who appeared at the City Hall in October 1967, [15] and the local R&B band The Animals reunited and performed for a one-off performance at the City Hall in 1968. [16]
Newcastle City Council granted planning permission in 2017 for an 82-metre-tall (269 ft) residential block to be called Hadrian's Tower on Rutherford Street in Newcastle city centre, [2] which became the new tallest on its completion in 2020.
Sport Central is a multi-purpose built sports centre and events arena that is located in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It forms part of the Northumbria University campus, in the city centre. [1] The centre houses facilities for swimming, track running, climbing, golf, squash, basketball, netball, badminton, and volleyball. [2]