Spital Tongues
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St James’ Park and Leazes Park.
St James’ Park
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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.
Leazes Park
Park
Photo: MagpieNI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leazes Park is an urban park in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Grade II listed, it is the city's oldest park, opened in 1873, and lies to the west of the city centre.
Moorbank Botanic Gardens
Park
The Moorbank Botanic Garden was a university botanical garden in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It occupied a 3 hectares site on Claremont Road to the west of the main Newcastle University campus, and was developed in the 1920s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arthur’s Hill and Haymarket.
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.
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.
Chinatown
Locality
The Chinatown in Newcastle is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne, located in the west of the city, on the edge of the shopping and commercial centre, along Stowell Street.
Spital Tongues
- Type: Suburb
- Description: village in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.98324° or 54° 58′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.62992° or 1° 37′ 48″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
9C6WX9MC+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 610556916OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Spital Tongues” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Spital Tongues”
- French: “Spital Tongues”
- Irish: “Spital Tongues”
- Polish: “Spital Tongues”
- Spanish: “Spital Tongues”
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