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K was a tough one for me and Kingston Park was my only real option for this post.  After researching the place, I found out that it not only has Kingston Park Stadium where the Newcastle Falcons rugby team plays, but it also holds the largest Tesco in the U.K. It’s worth a visit just for a huge, 24 hour store!

Kingston Park is a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, about 4 miles (6 km) north west of the city centre. It is home to several large retailers, the largest being one of Tesco‘s flagship stores—at 11,055 square metres (119,000 sq ft) which is also the largest supermarket in the UK. Kingston Park is served by Kingston Park station on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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Jesmonde Dene is a garden area in NewCastle that I’ve just heard of. Steve says we’ll have to go soon. I totally agree: when you look at the pictures, it looks awesome. When I visit, I’ll make sure to post pictures.

Jesmond Dene is a public park in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It occupies the narrow steep-sided valley of a small stream known as the Ouse Burn: in North-east England, such valleys are commonly known as denes.

The park was first laid out by William George Armstrong and his wife, of Jesmond Dene House, during the 1860s. The design is intended to reflect a rural setting, with woodland, crags, waterfalls and pools. It is now owned by Newcastle City Council.

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I go to the Gateshead Interchange at least every weekend.  Steve uses it each day.  It’s a huge bus stop with the subway station underneath.  That makes it a big hub for transportation.  For people who live in large cities in the States, this is probably quite commonplace but for Florida, we just don’t have such things.  I just find it interesting that it has a green grocer and a Wilkinson store in the Interchange.  I’m still not sure about how to find the bus I need to get around but that doesn’t mean just at the Interchange or on bus stops on the streets.

Gateshead Interchange is a transport interchange in the centre of the town of Gateshead, England. It is served by the Tyne and Wear Metro, whose station is underground, as well as local bus services. In the period 2008-9 the metro station was used by over 2 million passengers whilst the bus concourse was used by over 3.8 million passengers, making it the busiest bus station in Tyne and Wear.

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I just learned about Hadrian’s Wall when I went to the Hancock Museum in January.  I saw artifacts from the site there.  Still never ceases to amaze me how much history, and really old history, we have in the North East.

Hadrian’s Wall (Italian: Vallo di Adriano, Latin: Vallum Aelium – the Latin name is inferred from text on the Staffordshire Moorlands Patera) was a defensive fortification in northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain, the second being the Antonine Wall, lesser known of the two because its physical remains are less evident today.

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Grainger Market is an old indoor marketplace that still brings in a ton of shops.  It was crowded on the Saturday we went and I was amazed how it was like a whole section of the city within a big, domed roof.  I’ve seen the painting by Louis Grimshaw of Grainger Street at the Shipley and prints of it all over town.  Nice to know that something with that much history is still up and running as it was intended.

The Grainger Market was the town’s first indoor market, situated between the New Gate of the old Town Walls and the newly laid out Grainger Street. At the time of its opening in 1835 it was considered the most spacious and magnificent market in Europe and the Evening Chronicle described it as ‘the most beautiful in the world’. To mark its opening, a grand dinner was held, complete with an orchestra and attended by 2,000 guests.

Other “G” mentions include:  Geordie, The Gate, Greggs, Gateshead College, and Gateshead itself.

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