Shopping

Students shopping With around 600 shops in the city centre alone, Newcastle is one of the top shopping destinations in the north. From independent stores to chic boutiques and famous names - the city has it all.

Local shopping venues include:

  • Eldon Square Shopping Centre, the UK’s largest city-centre shopping centre, just a five-minute walk from campus
  • Northumberland Street
  • the traditional Victorian Grainger Market
  • the Quayside Sunday Market with over 200 stalls
  • the MetroCentre, Europe's biggest indoor shopping and leisure complex, with 330 shops and over 50 places to eat is a seven-minute train journey or 10-minute bus ride from Newcastle Central Station
  • numerous city-centre malls such as Monument Mall, Eldon Gardens and the elegant Edwardian Central Arcade