Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It stands on the south bank of the River Tyne looking across to Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. Wikivoyage
Population 196,151 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Shipley Art Gallery Gallery · 40 m - Alderman John Lucas Memorial · 580 m
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Charlton Memorial Fountain Monument · 830 m -
South African War Memorial Memorial · 920 m -
Durham Light Infantry War Memorial Memorial · 960 m - Cenotaph Monument · 40 m
- Workers Memorial Day Memorial · 740 m
- William Wailes Memorial · 840 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Gateshead Stadium 1.1 km
- Gateshead 1.3 km
- Gateshead Interchange 1.3 km
- Felling 1.8 km
- Newcastle 2.3 km
- Central Station 2.4 km
More train stations: Manors 2.5 km, Dunston 2.6 km, MetroCentre 4.3 km, Sunniside 5.8 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.