| Newcastle Quayside
Written by Robert Clarke - 14 Jan 2006 |
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Due to the nature of the location and the fact that meter parking is in force, it would be best not to drive to this location. See the public transport information instead.
Parking is very restricted, and instead, you should park your car outside the city centre, and use public transport.
Kingston Park, on the Tyne and Wear metro, and Heworth, offer park and ride facilities, as well as direct links to Newcastle city centre.
Newcastle Central National Rail station, and Central Station Metro are both about 10 minutes walk away from here. Take the Neville Street exit out of the metro station, walk right, and cross onto Collingwood Street, which follows onto Moseley Street. Turn right onto Dean Street, and carry on down the side, until you reach the quayside. Turn right, and carry on under the Tyne bridge, and you should see the aforementioned bridges ahead and above you.
If you are getting a bus, some services terminate at Central Station. However,
Stagecoach routes 34 and 35 serve the quayside.
If your bus terminates at Gateshead, route 60 operates from the Interchange to Gateshead quays. Call traveline on 0870 608 2 608 for all bus times.
If you are coming from Wallsend or North Shields, get off the Metro at Manors station. From there, walk through the business park, and turn right onto Argyle Street. Then head down the hill to Sallyport Tower, and then take the steps. Continue down onto Sandgate, and take the steps on the right, which head onto the quayside. Turn right, and carry on towards, and under, the Tyne bridge. A free shuttle bus runs from Manors station.
There are a few pubs along the quayside. Central station is 10 minutes walk away, and if you cross the Millenium Bridge, there are toilets, and a cafe, in the Baltic Mills art Gallery.
Bear in mind that as you are going to be pointing your camera sort of upwards, the sun may affect photos. Therefore, stand a bit further back from the bridges, and thus reduce the angle. Trains on the two Network Rail bridges will be moving slowly, those on the metro bridge will be doing 70 km/ph (about 45 m/ph).
The Quayside market takes place every Sunday, but this is only held on the eastern part of the quayside. In this instance, the market should not affect pictures.
Inevitably there will be noise on videos, as there are road bridges, which are very busy. Also, the roads on the Quayside do carry a fair bit of traffic.
