The QT

Monday 20 May 2024
20/05/2024

Tyne Bridge

Tyne Bridge and Swing Bridge in Newcastle

Investigating the genial Geordie

Long ago, getting on for a century, a young man visited Newcastle for the first time. The place made quite an impression, as he recorded later: “Thirty or was it 300 years ago, I stood on the Gateshead side of the Tyne Bridge and looked down into the mighty trough. On one side was the …

Kittiwake Hotels open for business

Two new Tyneside hotels are now open for business – but it will be several weeks before they expect to welcome their first guests. The ‘hotels’ have been erected on top of the towers at the Gateshead side of the Tyne Bridge. It is hoped they will provide nesting ledges for kittiwakes when they return …

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