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Shoppers’paradise
Shoppers’paradise
Books
As a student, you’ll become no stranger to
a bookshop. Next to campus,
Blackwell’s
bookshop caters for students with a wide
range of textbooks and core texts. A large
Waterstones
in the city centre provides
fiction and non-fiction across four floors.
There are also a number of secondhand
book shops. Don’t forget you can save
money by using the University’s
award-winning Library.
Entertainment
Whether you’re looking for vinyl classics
or the latest Xbox release, you’re well
catered for in Newcastle with a plethora
of shops selling music, DVDs and games.
HMV
competes with local favourites such
as
Grainger Games
and
SteelWheels
.
Eldon Square
High street names, boutique brands, a city-centre
mall and bustling street markets make Newcastle
one of the hottest shopping spots in the north.
Northumberland Street
is the city’s main shopping
street, with reassuringly familiar names like
Marks
and Spencer, H&M, Fenwick
and
TK Maxx
.
Off Northumberland Street you’ll fin
one of the UK’s largest city-centre shopping malls,
with over 150 big brand stores.
Towards the Quayside, the
High Bridge Quarter
is
thriving with urban cool outfitters and vintage chic
boutiques, whilst the
Quayside’s
vibrant Sunday
market provides bargain groceries and household
goods.
Visit one of the local markets and mooch
around for an hour or two…. The Grade I
listed indoor
Grainger Market
is a firm
favourite for fresh produce and the weekly
Quayside
market offers photography,
jewellery and an assortment of tasty
treats. There are also numerous pop-up
markets around
Grey’s Monument
throughout the year. Alternatively, hop
on the Metro to
Tynemouth
, where you’ll
find all kinds of craft, household and
bric-a-brac items each weekend in the
beautiful Victorian station. Ten minutes
from the city centre,
Armstrong Bridge
is also home to weekly craft and monthly
community food markets that overlook the
lush park that is Jesmond Dene.
train and you can be at the
Europe’s largest shopping
and leisure complex. With over 340 shops
and restaurants, an
Odeon IMAX
cinema
and
Namco Funscape
with bowling and
a games area all under one roof, it’s the
perfect escape on a rainy day.
The Metrocentre
Markets
