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