Elswick
Elswick is a district and electoral ward of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, 1.9 miles west of the city centre, bordering the River Tyne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: area in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne”, “Elswick, Tyne and Wear”, and “New Benwell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newcastle Arena and Turbinia.
Newcastle Arena
Music venue
Photo: Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Newcastle Arena is an indoor arena in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Owned and operated by ASM Global, the naming rights are currently held by Utilita Energy.
Turbinia
Photo: Alfred John West, Public domain.
Turbinia is the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, and easily the fastest ship in the world at that time, Turbinia was demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897 and set the standard for the next generation of steamships, the majority of which would be turbine powered.
Discovery Museum
Museum
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Discovery Museum is a science museum and local history museum situated in Blandford Square in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia. It is managed by North East Museums.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elswick and Arthur’s Hill.
Arthur’s Hill
Suburb
Arthur's Hill is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne. It lies approximately 1 mile west of Newcastle City Centre. It is bordered by Fenham to the west, Elswick to the south, and Spital Tongues to the north west.
Dunston
Suburb
Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunston is a western area of the town of Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, North East England. Dunston had a population of 18,326 at the 2011 Census.
Elswick
- Category: suburb
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Elswick” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Elswick”
- Chinese: “埃尔斯维克”
- Chinese: “埃爾斯維克”
- Chinese: “艾爾斯威克”
- Finnish: “Elswick”
- German: “Elswick (Tyne and Wear)”
- German: “Elswick”
- Irish: “Elswick, Tyne and Wear”
- Italian: “Elswick (Newcastle)”
- Italian: “Elswick”
- Japanese: “エルスウィック”
- Japanese: “エルズウィック”
- Persian: “الزویک (نیوکاسل)”
- Persian: “الزویک”
- Polish: “Elswick (Tyne and Wear)”
- Polish: “Elswick”
- Slovenian: “Elswick”
- Swedish: “Elswick, Tyne and Wear”
- Swedish: “Elswick”
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