Baltic Centre for Contemporary ArtBowes RailwayMetroCentreMister Twister's Wacky World of FunShibdon Pond Local Nature ReserveShipley Art GalleryThe Angel of the NorthThornley Woodlands CentreWatergate Forest Park
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art is a major international centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the river Tyne at the foot of the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, in Gateshead. It presents a constantly changing, distinctive and ambit ...
Bowes Railway was originally a colliery railway built to carry coal mainly from pits in north west Durham to the Tyne at Jarrow. The earliest section was designed by George Stephenson and opened on 17 January 1826, making it one of the world's first ...
Metrocentre Qube is home to great new restaurants, a brand new ODEON cinema complete with 3D screen and the only IMAX theatre in the region, and a Namco Funscape family entertainment centre with ten pin bowling, dodgems, soft play and more.
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The north's largest children's play and party venue providing exciting and challenging play experiences for children 0-12 in a safe, secure environment. ...
In the nineteenth century this site had been a series of wetland pastures, but this changed when twentieth century mining and railway activities altered the water level and formed the pond. Between 1837 and 1951 Blaydon Main Colliery dominated the si ...
The Shipley is the North East's leading gallery of design and contemporary craft. A recent £650,000 redevelopment, resulting in the stunning Designs for Life gallery, showcases over 300 objects. The Shipley also houses an outstanding painting collec ...
The 208-tonne 'Angel' basically takes the form of a human figure based on artist Antony Gormley's own body. At 20 metres high, the Angel is higher than a five-storey building. Its wings are 54 metres wide - almost the same as a jumbo jet.
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Thornley Woodlands Centre
Interpretative centre, serving the woodlands of the Derwent Walk Country Park. Thornley Woodlands Centre, has toilets, parking and information available and pedestrians can only access the park at this centre.
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Site of the former Watergate Colliery and 'Gateway' site for the Great North Forest. Lake, woodlands and wildflower meadows. ...
