About the Region

Newcastle is the place to be a student!

More than 40,000 students already live here (that's about one in seven of the population), which makes students pretty important in the scheme of things here. It's students who make Newcastle such a vibrant, modern, youthful city, renowned for its nightlife, sport, entertainment, shops and, last but not least, its friendliness.

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City Centre

Newcastle is one of the finest classical cities in Europe, with large areas of the city centre made up of buildings listed for their architectural and historical significance. Just over the River Tyne, Newcastle's neighbour Gateshead is home of the Angel of the North, the Millennium Bridge and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
With several theatres - including the Theatre Royal, home to the Royal Shakespeare Company for a season every year - cinema complexes, classical music and dance venues, there's plenty to do and see. For film fans, the Tyneside Cinema has earned its national reputation as a leading venue for alternative movies.

Music venues include the City Hall and Metro Radio Arena - and not forgetting the fabulous new Sage Gateshead music centre, an outstanding facility for all kinds of live music and a pioneering centre for music education. 
 

Nightlife

Newcastle has lots of bars, restaurants, pubs and clubs - from the glamorous Quayside, and the city centre where you can find the brand new, glass-fronted Gate development, home to a multiplex cinema, sky bar and a multitude of restaurants and bars, to trendy Osborne Road in Jesmond, the perfect place to sit outside in the summer and enjoy a glass of wine. There are plenty of restaurants and coffee shops, to suit all tastes, cultures and bank balances.
 

Life Science Centre

An innovative exhibition combined with working laboratories, which aims to educate visitors in the origins of life, DNA and the human body in a fun, educational and entertaining way. The centre is making a major contribution to the public understanding of science, to raising young people's interest in science education and to assisting schools in the region in developing inspirational science for their students.
 

Festivals

Newcastle is a city of festivals and entertainment, with local events all year round. There are festivals for comedy, dance and film, literature and jazz. There's the Free Festival of street entertainment and the Irish Festival. Each summer the City's splendid Town Moor is home for 'the Hoppings', Europe's biggest travelling fair.
 

Sports

Sports fans can look forward to football, rugby union, international athletics, professional tennis tournaments, basketball, ice hockey, and first class cricket. The city hosts the Great North Run - the world's biggest half marathon with 50,000 runners turning out every September. And of course there is St. James' Park, home of Premiership football club Newcastle United.
 

Shopping

If it's retail therapy you're looking for, Newcastle has one of the most varied and successful shopping centres in the UK, and Gateshead's enormous MetroCentre - is just across the River Tyne.