Harbours & ports · North East England
Quayside
Quayside in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Quayside is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
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 Tyne and Wear, North East England, United Kingdom.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The area was once an industrial area and busy commercial dockside serving the area, while the Newcastle side also hosted a regular street market. Trade and passenger shipping was extensive in the 19th and early 20th centuries with companies such as the Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company and Nielsen, Andersen & Company operating services both nationally and to European countries including Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands. The Quays were served by a railway branch line until 1969. Following the Second World War, the docks became run-down, and, in the late 1980s, Tyne and Wear Development Corporation redeveloped the East Quayside area to a design by Terry Farrell & Partners. This provided a…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9689, -1.6047
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 3DE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Opening
- Su 09:00-16:00
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Quayside?
- Quayside is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9689°, -1.6047°.
- What are the opening hours for Quayside?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: Su 09:00-16:00. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.