Attractions around Gateshead
Explore 43 attractions, restaurants, shops around Gateshead
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The Angel of the North
Durham Road Low Eighton, Gateshead NE9 6AA England
4.5 (2234)
Gateshead Millenium Bridge
South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3AE England
4.5 (1357)
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
St. Marys Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR England
We were Sage Gateshead. We're now The Glasshouse International Centre for Music. New name. Same great home for live music lovers. The Glasshouse is a home for live music lovers - from diehard fans, aspiring artists, and tambourine-shaking toddlers to rock legends, pop icons, and our own acclaimed orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia. With top-notch gigs, concerts, and classes every week - in our own venue at Gateshead Quays, out in communities across the North East, and online - anyone can join us in creating and celebrating outstanding music. Whether you’re making it up or taking it in, you’ll find music lives and grows here.
3.5 (1285)
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays South South South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3BA England
Housed in a landmark industrial building on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, BALTIC presents an ever-changing calendar of dynamic, diverse & international contemporary visual art exhibitions and events. Also houses BALTIC SHOP, a community cafe & cafe bar. Library & Archive and Six rooftop restaurant.
4.5 (842)
Saltwell Park
E Park Rd, Gateshead NE9 5AX England
4.5 (824)
Gibside
near Rowlands Gill, Gateshead NE16 6BG England
4.0 (772)
MetroCentre
Gateshead NE11 9YG England
There's fun for all the family here at Metrocentre! With over 50 places to eat, the only Odeon IMAX cinema in the region and a Namco Funscape family entertainment complex, complete with ten-pin bowling and dodgems, you can guarantee at a great day in at Metrocentre
4.5 (442)
Tanfield Railway
Marley Hill Engine Shed, Gateshead NE16 5ET England
The Tanfield Railway, the World's oldest railway dating back to 1725, is a wonderful day out for all the family, whatever the weather. Just sit back and enjoy the beautiful scenery as steam drifts past your vintage carriage in a truly yesteryear atmosphere, when lifes pace was less hurried. Trains operate every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday throughout the year, plus Thursdays and Saturdays during the school Summer holidays. Make sure to break your journey at Causey Arch and take a walk across the World's oldest surviving railway, built in 1725 to transport coal from the Durham Coalfields to the River Tyne. Also, a short stroll from Andrews House station, is the engineering base of the railway at Marley Hill. Here you can get up close to our working and stored locomotives within the World's oldest working engine shed, built in 1854. Catering facilities are located at Andrews House station, Pontop Canteen at Marley Hill and Tommy Armstrong's tea room at East Tanfield station.
4.5 (179)
Vue Cinema Gateshead
2 Trinity Square, Gateshead NE8 1AG England
3.5 (118)
Odeon Metrocentre
Intu MetroCentre, The Cube, Gateshead NE11 9XZ England
3.0 (107)
Mister Twister's
Unit 15E Follingsby Close Wardley, Gateshead NE10 8YG England
4.5 (87)
Watergate Forest Park
Whickham Highway, Lobley Hill, Gateshead NE9 7EQ England
4.5 (84)
Bill Quay Community Farm
Hainingwood Terrace Bill Quay, Gateshead NE10 0UE England
4.5 (61)
Shipley Art Gallery
Prince Consort Road, Gateshead NE8 4JB England
The Shipley Art Gallery is the North East's leading gallery for craft and design, the Shipley opened in 1917 with a collection of 504 paintings bequeathed by local solicitor Joseph Shipley. Since then the collection has grown to include nearly 800 paintings and collections of works on paper, decorative art and contemporary craft. The Shipley’s art collections were designated as being of national importance in 1998 and include local favourite, William Irving's painting The Blaydon Races. In 1977 the Shipley began collecting contemporary art made in Britain. Over the last 25 years the venue has become established as a national centre for contemporary craft and has built up one of the best collections outside London, including ceramics, wood, metal, glass, textiles and furniture. The Shipley is also home to The Henry Rothschild collection of studio ceramics.
4.0 (58)
The Rising Sun Crawcrook
Greenside Road, Gateshead NE40 3EE England