Town Moor
The Town Moor is an area of common land in Newcastle upon Tyne in northern England. It covers an area of around 1,000 acres, making it larger than Hyde Park and Hampstead Heath combined.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: grass pasture in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St James’ Park and Exhibition Park.
St James’ Park
Stadium
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St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Newcastle United. With a seating capacity of 52,264, it is the 9th largest football stadium in England.
Exhibition Park
Park
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Exhibition Park is a public park connected to the south-eastern corner of the Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The park is home to numerous facilities including sports areas, a boating lake, playgrounds and a skatepark.
Great North Museum: Hancock
Museum
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The Great North Museum: Hancock is a museum of natural history and ancient civilisations in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The museum was established in 1884 and was formerly known as the Hancock Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haymarket and Spital Tongues.
Haymarket
Suburb
Haymarket is an area in the north of central Newcastle upon Tyne. The area has several transport hubs including Eldon Square bus station, Haymarket bus station and Haymarket Metro station.
Spital Tongues
Suburb
Spital Tongues is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne, located due north-west of the Newcastle City Centre. Its unusual name is believed to be derived from spital – a corruption of the word hospital, commonly found in British place names - and tongues, meaning outlying pieces of land.
Jesmond
Suburb
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Jesmond is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, situated north of the city centre and to the east of the Town Moor. Jesmond is considered to be one of the most affluent suburbs of Newcastle upon Tyne, with higher average house prices than most other areas of the city.
Town Moor
- Category: urban green space
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Korean—“Town Moor” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Town Moor”
- Korean: “타운 무어”
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