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Northumbria University is just one of the many universities and colleges in Newcastle-Gateshead. There is also Gateshead College, Newcastle University (we went to the Hancock Museum there to see mummies and a dinosaur), Tyne Metropolitan College, and Open University for online classes.

Newcastle College is a Further Education and Higher Education college in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the largest mixed economy College in the country and claims to offer more courses in more subjects than any of its geographical competitors. The Hancock Museum is a museum of natural history in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, established in 1884. In 2006 it merged with Newcastle University’s Hatton Gallery to form the Great North Museum. The museum and all of its collections are owned by the Natural History Society of Northumbria, although it is managed by Tyne and Wear Museums on behalf of Newcastle University

Northumbria University is an academic institution located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. It is a member of the University Alliance. In terms of student numbers the University is the 5th biggest in the UK and the largest in the North East. It also includes the North East’s largest community of taught postgraduate students, ranking in the top 10 biggest providers of taught Postgraduate degrees in the UK.

Gateshead College is a further education college in the town of Gateshead, England. Established on November 15, 1955 at Durham Road in Low Fell, Gateshead, the original campus was closed as part of a planned move in January 2008. The college moved into a £39 million new main site located at the Baltic Quayside in Gateshead. Also opened during the move was an academy for sport based at Gateshead International Stadium and a skills academy for automotive, manufacturing, engineering and logistics. A skills academy for construction opened in summer 2008. The college has recently been given an outstanding Ofsted report, with grade 1 ratings in all six areas. It is now ranked among the top 20 in the country.

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The Tyneside Cinema is a cool old movie theatre that was renovated. The screens still have the old red curtain around them and they’re smaller than the big, fancy theatres we have now but it’s still a neat way to go to the movies. We saw The Kings’ Speech here in January and it was perfect for a very British film. Speaking of which, in England you get kettle corn and alcohol at the movies. There’s a café at the top of the Tyneside Cinema, which has a bunch of levels and really cool architecture inside.

The Tyneside Cinema is an independent cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the city’s only full-time independent cultural cinema, specialising in the screening of independent and world cinema from across the globe. The Tyneside’s patrons are filmmakers Mike Figgis and Mike Hodges, and musicians Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys and Paul Smith of Maxïmo Park.

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Retail World is a place I go often enough because there’s a Starbucks in the Next store, a Halfords for bikes and equipment, TK Maxx (same as TJ Maxx we have in the US), and a Boots pharmacy. Plus, they have a McDonald’s which is handy for grabbing a chicken sandwich on my way home from shopping.

Retail World is a retail park of regional significance and is situated immediately adjacent to the A1 motorway, three miles south of Newcastle. The park was refurbished in 2002/3 to provide re-clad elevations and new entrance features. Recent new retailers to the park include Next, Boots, Arcadia, Borders and Hobbycraft.

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The Sage is a performing arts theater and an extremely cool building on the Quayside. Steve’s seen a few concerts here, but I’ve just had a chance to look around and try the soup at the café inside. I was torn on what to put for “S” because while this is a major landmark and an amazing building to look at, I love Saltwell Park more and and visit at least a couple times a week.

The Sage Gateshead is a centre for musical education, performance and conferences, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the north-east of England. It opened in 2004. The venue is part of the Gateshead Quays development, which also includes the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

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The Quayside is where the River Tyne separates Gateshead and Newcastle. Here is where you’ll find the Millennium Bridge, The Swing Bridge, The Tyne Bridge, The High Level Bridge, The Sage, The Baltic, as well as Pitcher and Piano. It is one of my favorite places to go in town. It’s so pretty and peaceful to walk around the river and have some many neat things around. It’s also one of my favorite places to take pictures.

The Quayside is an area along the banks (quay) of the River Tyne in Newcastle upon Tyne (the north bank) and Gateshead (south bank) in the North East of England, United Kingdom.

The area was once an industrial area and busy commercial dockside serving the area, while the Newcastle side also hosted a regular street market. In recent years as the docks became run-down, and the area has since been heavily redeveloped to provide a modern environment for the modern arts, music and culture, as well as new housing developments. The Newcastle-Gateshead initiative now lists the Quayside as a top ten attraction.

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