{"id":1303641,"date":"2026-09-29T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303641"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:37","slug":"newcastle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/england\/newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302282,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_ti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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Newcastle","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Seven bridges over the Tyne, a night out with a national reputation, and Hadrian's Wall running west from the edge of the city.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303765","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"7 | Bridges over the Tyne in the city centre\r\nAD 122 | Hadrian's Wall begun, and it starts here\r\n\u00a34 | A pint away from the centre","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"The north-east, at full volume","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Newcastle sits on the north bank of the Tyne with Gateshead facing it across the water, and the seven bridges between them are the city's signature \u2014 including the tilting Millennium Bridge, which rotates to let ships through.\r\n\r\nIt was a coal port and a shipbuilding city, and the Victorian centre Richard Grainger built is one of the best pieces of nineteenth-century town planning in Britain, centred on Grey Street.\r\n\r\nHadrian's Wall started here \u2014 Segedunum fort at Wallsend is the eastern end \u2014 and the best-preserved stretches are an hour west.\r\n\r\nThe night out is genuinely famous, genuinely cheap and genuinely underdressed for the weather.\r\n\r\nGeordie is a strong accent and a distinct dialect, and people are among the friendliest in England. Two days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Train from London 3 hours, Edinburgh 1h30, York 1 hour\r\nGetting around | Walkable centre. The Metro covers the rest, about \u00a33\r\nCurrency | Pound sterling\r\nMuseums | The Great North Museum, Laing Gallery and BALTIC are free\r\nThe Quayside | Where the bridges, the bars and the Sunday market are\r\nThe cold | It is the north-east. Locals ignore it; you need not","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre above the river, with Gateshead facing it across the bridges.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"City centre and Grainger Town | First-timers | The Victorian grid around Grey Street: transport, the market, shops and most beds. | 54.9730 | -1.6140 |  | \nQuayside | Bridges and bars | Down at the river: the Millennium Bridge, the Sunday market and a strip of riverside bars. | 54.9690 | -1.6010 |  | \nOuseburn | Independent and creative | East along a valley: converted industrial buildings, music venues, breweries and city farms. | 54.9740 | -1.5840 |  | \nJesmond | Students and value | North: a student district with cheap food, busy bars and a Metro ride into the centre. | 54.9880 | -1.6000 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Walk the Quayside and cross the Millennium Bridge. It tilts as a whole to let ships through \u2014 locals call it the Blinking Eye \u2014 and the walk gives you the Tyne Bridge, the High Level Bridge and the Swing Bridge in one stretch.\r\n\r\nBALTIC on the Gateshead side is a converted flour mill turned contemporary art gallery, free, with a top-floor viewing box over the river.\r\n\r\nGrey Street is often called the finest street in England, a Georgian and Victorian curve running down from Grey's Monument, and it is free to walk.\r\n\r\nThe Great North Museum is free and holds a large Hadrian's Wall collection along with a Roman altar or two.\r\n\r\nNewcastle Castle, the Norman keep the city is named after, is about \u00a310 and sits wedged beside the railway viaduct.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The Millennium Bridge | It tilts. Free, and best from the Quayside\r\nBALTIC | Free contemporary art in a converted flour mill\r\nGrey Street | Free, and called the finest street in England\r\nGreat North Museum | Free, with the Hadrian's Wall collection","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The museums and galleries are free: the Great North Museum, the Laing Art Gallery, the Discovery Museum and BALTIC across the river.\r\n\r\nThe Quayside, the bridges and the riverside walk in both directions are free, and the Quayside Sunday market runs along the water.\r\n\r\nGrainger Town and Grey Street are an open-air architectural tour, and the Grainger Market inside is a Victorian covered market still in daily use.\r\n\r\nOuseburn has free city farms and constantly changing street art.\r\n\r\nSegedunum at Wallsend, the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall, is a short Metro ride and the site is visible from the viewing tower \u2014 and Jesmond Dene, a wooded valley park given to the city by Lord Armstrong, is free and a genuine surprise.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"All the museums | Including BALTIC across the river\r\nThe bridges | Seven of them, free to walk\r\nGrainger Market | A Victorian covered market still in use\r\nJesmond Dene | A wooded valley park, free","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Cheap and generous. A pub main is \u00a312 to \u00a317 and plates in the student areas less.\r\n\r\nThe Grainger Market is the best lunch in the city \u2014 including a tiny original Marks and Spencer Penny Bazaar stall still trading \u2014 with plates at \u00a36 to \u00a310.\r\n\r\nA stottie is the local bread, a heavy flat round loaf usually filled with ham and pease pudding, and it is worth trying once.\r\n\r\nOuseburn has the breweries and the good gastropubs, and Chinatown by St James' Park is compact and reliable.\r\n\r\nA pint is \u00a34 to \u00a35.50, among the cheapest in England, and the local Newcastle ales are widely available though the famous brown one is no longer brewed in the city.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Grainger Market | The best lunch in the city, \u00a36\u201310\r\nA stottie | Local bread, usually with ham and pease pudding\r\nA pint | \u00a34\u20135.50, among England's cheapest\r\nOuseburn | Breweries and the good gastropubs","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Newcastle","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"One of the best and cheapest nights out in the country, and a national reputation to go with it.\r\n\r\nThe Bigg Market is the traditional strip and the rowdiest, the Quayside is the riverside version, and Ouseburn has the live music and the better bars.\r\n\r\nDrinks are cheap \u2014 a pint \u00a34 to \u00a35.50, cocktails \u00a37 to \u00a311 \u2014 and student nights push it lower.\r\n\r\nNewcastle's dressing-up culture is real and the refusal to wear a coat in December is a local point of pride that visitors should not feel obliged to copy.\r\n\r\nThings run to three, and a large stag and hen trade concentrates on the Bigg Market at weekends.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Cheap | Pint \u00a34\u20135.50, cocktails \u00a37\u201311\r\nBigg Market | The traditional strip, and the rowdiest\r\nOuseburn | Live music and the better bars\r\nWear a coat | Locals will not. You should","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Newcastle","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Newcastle","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is walkable, though the drop from Grainger Town to the Quayside is steep and the climb back is worse.\r\n\r\nThe Tyne and Wear Metro is quick and cheap, with fares around \u00a33 and day tickets, covering the airport, Jesmond, the coast at Tynemouth and Wallsend for Hadrian's Wall.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 25 minutes on the Metro for about \u00a34, which is unusually good for a British city.\r\n\r\nTrains reach Edinburgh in an hour and a half, York in an hour and London in three.\r\n\r\nNewcastle is on the East Coast Main Line, making it an easy stop between London and Scotland.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"The Metro | About \u00a33, and it reaches the airport and the coast\r\nAirport in 25 minutes | For about \u00a34\r\nEdinburgh | An hour and a half by train\r\nSteep to the Quayside | Easy down, hard back","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Newcastle","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Newcastle costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"One of the cheapest cities in England. Dorms are \u00a315 to \u00a328, a pub main \u00a312 to \u00a317, and a pint \u00a34 to \u00a35.50.\r\n\r\nA day is \u00a338 to \u00a370.\r\n\r\nMuseums are free, the bridges are free and the Metro is cheap, so the daytime costs almost nothing. Match tickets at St James' Park are the main variable and Newcastle sells out routinely.\r\n\r\nHadrian's Wall is the one trip worth budgeting for \u2014 the AD122 bus along the wall in summer is about \u00a315 for a day ticket.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u00a315\u201328\r\nA day, all in | \u00a338\u201370\r\nEverything free | Museums, bridges, galleries\r\nHadrian's Wall | About \u00a315 for the AD122 bus day ticket in summer","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Newcastle","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Newcastle is friendly and broadly safe, with the usual weekend drinking to handle.\r\n\r\nThe Bigg Market at closing time is where any trouble is, and it is mostly alcohol rather than anything targeted.\r\n\r\nThe Tyne is fast, cold and tidal, and the Quayside has open riverside edges directly beside the bars. Do not go near the water drunk.\r\n\r\nMatchdays at St James' Park fill the centre from lunchtime, and the ground is in the middle of the city rather than out of it.\r\n\r\nUse licensed taxis or an app. Emergency number is 999, or 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Bigg Market at closing | Where trouble concentrates, and drink-driven\r\nThe river | Fast, cold and tidal, with open edges by the bars\r\nMatchdays | The ground is in the city centre. It fills from lunchtime\r\nEmergency | 999 or 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Newcastle","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Newcastle","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A Roman wall, a castle coast and the Northumberland dark skies.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Hadrian's Wall | 1 hour | Train to Hexham then AD122 bus, about \u00a320 | The best-preserved stretches, with Housesteads fort and Sycamore Gap. The wall was begun in AD 122 and ran coast to coast. |  | 1303766\nTynemouth | 30 minutes | Metro, about \u00a34 | A priory and castle on a headland, a long beach and a Sunday market in the Metro station. |  | 1303767\nDurham | 15 minutes | Train, \u00a36\u201312 | A Norman cathedral and castle on a loop of river, UNESCO-listed and one of the great English views. |  | 1303768\nAlnwick | 1 hour | Bus, about \u00a310 | A castle used as Hogwarts in the films, with a walled garden and a famous secondhand bookshop. |  | 1303769\nNorthumberland coast | 1.5 hours | Bus or train, \u00a310\u201320 | Bamburgh Castle above the dunes, Lindisfarne across a tidal causeway, and empty beaches. |  | 1303770","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Newcastle","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September. It is the coldest big city in England and December on the Bigg Market proves it.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs, and among the lowest in England. Midsummer light this far north lasts past ten, which makes June and July disproportionately good for the coast and the Wall.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 7 | 2 | Cold, dark and cheap. Bright, hard frosts\r\nFebruary | 7 | 3 | Still cold. Students back and the bars full\r\nMarch | 9 | 3 | Improving slowly\r\nApril | 12 | 4 | Bracing. The coast starts to work\r\nMay | 15 | 5 | Excellent. Long evenings and the Wall at its best\r\nJune | 18 | 5 | The best month. Light until very late this far north\r\nJuly | 20 | 5 | Warm by local standards. Coast and Quayside in use\r\nAugust | 19 | 5 | Warm and busy. Good for the Northumberland coast\r\nSeptember | 17 | 5 | Superb. Great North Run and the football season\r\nOctober | 13 | 4 | Autumn, good value, dark skies season starts\r\nNovember | 9 | 3 | Cold and dark. Christmas market opens\r\nDecember | 7 | 3 | Cold. The Christmas market and a famously underdressed night out","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"The world's largest half marathon runs through the city each September.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/england\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Great North Run | September | Newcastle to South Shields | The largest half marathon in the world, with around 60,000 runners and the whole route lined with spectators. |  | \nNewcastle Christmas Market | Late November to December | Grainger Street and the Monument | Chalets through the Victorian streets, and cold enough to feel right. |  | \nFootball season | August to May | St James' Park | The ground is in the middle of the city and matchdays fill it from lunchtime. Tickets are difficult. |  | \nThe Hoppings | June | Town Moor | One of Europe's largest travelling funfairs, on the moor for a week. |  | \nDark skies season | October to March | Northumberland | Northumberland International Dark Sky Park, two hours away, has the darkest skies in England. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in pounds.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Among the cheapest cities in England for beds and drinks. Hadrian's Wall as a day trip sits outside these figures at about \u00a320.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2\r\nMiddle of the road | 27 | 25 | 6 | 14\r\nComfortable | 50 | 42 | 10 | 30","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u00a3","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A modest scene at low prices, mostly in the centre and near the Quayside. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Newcastle","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/england\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Newcastle travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is the night out as good as people say? | Yes, and it is cheap \u2014 a pint is \u00a34 to \u00a35.50 and cocktails \u00a37 to \u00a311. The Bigg Market is the traditional and rowdiest strip, the Quayside is the riverside version, and Ouseburn has the live music and the better bars.\r\nHow do I get to Hadrian's Wall? | Train to Hexham, about an hour, then the AD122 bus along the wall in summer \u2014 roughly \u00a320 all in. Housesteads fort and Sycamore Gap are the highlights. Segedunum at Wallsend, the eastern end, is a short Metro ride from the centre.\r\nIs Newcastle cheap? | One of the cheapest cities in England. Dorms \u00a315 to \u00a328, every museum free, the Metro about \u00a33, and a day around \u00a338 to \u00a370.\r\nDo I really not need a coat? | You need a coat. Locals famously go out in December without one and it is a point of pride rather than sound advice \u2014 Newcastle is the coldest big city in England.\r\nWhat is the best day trip? | Durham, fifteen minutes away, for a Norman cathedral and castle on a loop of river. The Northumberland coast \u2014 Bamburgh, Lindisfarne, empty beaches \u2014 is the other one, an hour and a half north.\r\nCan I get a football ticket? | Difficult. St James' Park sells out routinely and sits in the middle of the city, so matchdays fill the centre from lunchtime whether you have a ticket or not.\r\nWhat is a stottie? | A heavy flat round loaf, local to the north-east, usually split and filled with ham and pease pudding. The Grainger Market is the place to try one, and lunch there runs \u00a36 to \u00a310.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Newcastle hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Newcastle | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/england\/newcastle\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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