Out and About
Whats on 2011?
Some key events worth planning and booking travel in advance:
Wallace and Gromit Present... A World of Cracking Ideas, Centre
for Life - 16th April to 31st October
Featuring the Oscar® winning inventors Wallace & Gromit, the
exhibition features
innovations from past and present and aims to inspire the innovator
in all of us.
Life Science Centre
As the biggest and best Science Centre in the North of England,
if you're curious about the world around you, there's something for
you and your family at Life - whatever your age. There's so much to
do and it's all included in the price of admission. For more
information please visit the Life Science Centre website.
Save 25% when you book the Newcastle City
Sightseeing tour. Visit the City Sightseeing website and type in FTPE10 in
the promotion code box when you have selected and booked your
tour.
The Angel of The North
Love it or hate it, Anthony Gormley's Angel is still impressive.
Take a day out, breathe the fresh air and be dwarfed under the
majestic wingspan, just a stone's throw from Newcastle.
Bessie Surtees House
The 16th and 17th century merchant houses where the daughter of
a wealthy banker fell in love with a pauper are as romantic as
their history.
Castle Keep
Built in 1168 on the site of a Roman fort, the keep is all
that's left now. Absorb the history that's soaked into the walls
and marvel at the views across the Tyne from it's rooftop.
Exhibition Park
Playground, crazy golf, skate park, military museum, boating
lake and acres of space to fling a frisbee in. That should blow the
cobwebs away.
Leazes Park
Sit under a tree and read a book, play bowls, or get yourself a
day ticket and a comfy perch and do a spot of fishing.
Hadrians Wall
Britain's greatest Roman monument, Hadrian's Wall World Heritage
Site runs for 150 miles from Arbeia at South Shields to Ravenglass
on the Cumbrian coast. For more information please visit Hadrians Wall website.