Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England. It's an industrial but lively, cultural place on the north bank of the River Tyne, with a population of just over 300,000 in 2019, and another half a million residing in its outlying areas.Places of Interest
Highlights include St James’ Park and Kingston 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. St James’ Park is situated 2½ miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Kingston Park
Stadium
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Kingston Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is used mostly for rugby union and rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Premiership Rugby side Newcastle Red Bulls.
Kingston Park
Railway station
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Kingston Park is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Kingston Park in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in 1985, adjacent to the level crossing carrying Brunton Lane across the railway and with staggered platforms on either side of the level crossing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gateshead and Gosforth.
Gateshead
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Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It stands on the south bank of the River Tyne looking across to Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.
Gosforth
Suburb
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Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, 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.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Latitude
55° northLongitude
-1.6667° or 1° 40′ westPopulation
321,000Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)Abbreviation
“NET”Open location code
9C7W282M+28GeoNames ID
3333174
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Newcastle upon Tyne” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيوكاسل أبون تاين”
- Asturian: “Newcastle”
- Azerbaijani: “Nyukasl apon Tayn”
- Belarusian: “Горад Ньюкасл-апан-Тайн”
- Bengali: “নিউক্যাসল আপন ট্যাইন”
- Bulgarian: “Нюкасъл ъпон Тайн”
- Central Kurdish: “نیوکاسڵ”
- Chinese: “泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔”
- Esperanto: “Newcastle-upon-Tyne”
- Georgian: “ნიუკასლ-აპონ-ტაინი”
- Greek: “Νιούκασλ”
- Hebrew: “ניוקאסל”
- Japanese: “ニューカッスル・アポン・タイン”
- Korean: “뉴캐슬어폰타인”
- Latin: “Novum Castellum”
- Latvian: “Ņūkāsla pie Tainas”
- Limburgan: “Newcastle-upon-Tyne”
- Lithuanian: “Niukaslas prie Taino”
- Marathi: “न्यूकॅसल अपॉन टाईन”
- Mazanderani: “نیوکاسل”
- Mongolian: “Ньюкасл”
- Narom: “Neuchâté”
- Persian: “نیوکاسل آپون تاین”
- Romanian: “Newcastle-upon-Tyne”
- Russian: “Ньюкасл-апон-Тайн”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Caisteal Nuadh”
- Serbian: “Њукасл на Тајну”
- Sicilian: “Newcastle”
- Tamil: “டைன் ஆற்றங்கரை நியூ காசில்”
- Thai: “นิวคาสเซิลอะพอนไทน์”
- Ukrainian: “Ньюкасл-апон-Тайн”
- Vietnamese: “Newcastle trên sông Tyne”
- Western Panjabi: “نیوکاسل”
- Yiddish: “ניוקאסטל”
- Yue Chinese: “紐卡素”
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