Newcastle City Centre

It is the historical heart of the city and serves as the main cultural and commercial centre of the North East England region.

The city centre district is sometimes subdivided into the areas of Haymarket, Quayside, Grainger Town, Monument, Gallowgate, and Chinatown.

The path along the river forms part of the cycle network eastwards towards North Shields and Tynemouth and westwards to Hexham.

Towards the western end is the city's popular Gay District known locally as the Pink Triangle.

It was built in the mid-19th century and, today, is an area centred on shopping, nightlife and most notable neo-classical architecture.

Businesses include[1] and various law firms in Citygate and the recently built Time Central, a Tesco Express store, fish and sandwich shops.

The area is also to host a 400 square metre memorial garden to Sir Bobby Robson.

The QuayLink service, with its bright yellow electric buses, has two routes – Q1 from Haymarket to Quayside and Q2 from Central Station to Gateshead.