The outstanding riverside location - providing breathtaking views of the River Tyne, the Quayside and Newcastle - is Hilton's landmark in the North East. With a stylish exterior matched by an incredible range of state-of-the-art facilities inside, whether you're visiting for business or pleasure, planning to host a conference, awards ceremony, grand reception or any other major event, nowhere comes close to Hilton Newcastle Gateshead.
Amenities Description
Business Center; Tea and Coffee Making Facilities in Room; Hairdryers Available; Modem Lines in Room; Meeting/Banquet Facilities; Pool; Parking; Restaurant; Room Service; Safe Deposit Box; Fitness Center or Spa; Television with Cable; Laundry/Valet Services; VIP Rooms/Services; Audio/Visual Equipment Rental; Baggage Storage; Business Phone Services; Elevators; Fax; Foreign Currency Exchange; Meeting Rooms; Modem; Restaurants and Bars (Outlets); Secretarial Service; Telephone Services; 24 Hour Housekeeping; Air Conditioning; Complimentary Beverage; Connecting Rooms; DVD; Internet access from guest room; Video Messaging FAMILY PLAN - Children under 5 sharing with 2 adults - COMPLETELY FREE. Children 5-15 sharing with 2 adults - Free Accommodation. Meals charged at hotel as taken. Child 0-15 in OWN ROOM are charged - 50pct off Room Rate - If adult rate is Room Only, 50pct off Hilton Leisure Rate - If adult rate include meals
Location Description
From the A1 North and South, exit onto the A184 and continue on this road towards Gateshead. Continue on this road over two roundabouts towards Gateshead. At the second set of lights turn left onto the Tyne Bridge approach road and follow swing Bridge signs. Turn left into Bottle Bank. The hotel is on the left.
Directions
Driving Directions
From the A1 north and South, exit onto the A184 and follow signs to Newcastle and Gateshead. Continue on this road over two roundabouts towards Gateshead. At the second set of lights turn left onto the Tyne bridge approach road. Turn left into Bottle Bank. The hotel is on the left.
Newcastle International Airport
Take the A696 from the Airport towards Newcastle, join the A167(M) for Gateshead and cross Tyne Bridge. Turn left at the 1st set of traffic lights, left at the 2nd set of lights, and left again at the third set. The hotel is on the right.
Teeside International Airport
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Attractions
BALTIC, Britain's new Centre of Contemporary Art, vows to put Gateshead on the visual arts map with its diverse range of exhibitions all year round, from sculpture and installation to film and live performance.The £46 million National Lottery-funded project has transformed the former Baltic Flour Mills, a disused 1950s grain warehouse, into one of the biggest international contemporary arts spaces in Europe. The venue houses over 3000 square metres of art space, five galleries, artists' studios, a cinema/lecture space, a library and archive for the study of contemporary art, as well as three different food and drink areas, including a rooftop restaurant with amazing views of Tyneside.Before its opening, BALTIC ran an advanced arts programme, B4B, which included collaborations with Anish Kapoor, Jenny Holzer and others, while the initial B.OPEN exhibition features the work of a number of invited artists-in-residence.For more information about current exhibitions, please visit the BALTIC website.When:DailyWhere:BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, EnglandCost:FreeOpening Hours:Fri-Wed 10am-6pm; Thu 10am-8pm
Known colloquially as the "Roman Wall," Hadrian's Wall was built at the edge of the Roman Empire under Emperor Hadrian from AD122. It was manned against the Picts (the original inhabitants of what we know as Scotland) until AD383, some 30 years before the Romans vacated Britain to the so-called "Dark Ages." Nowadays the 74-mile (118km) route of the wall is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the whole length can be walked, from Wallsend in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west or vice versa.The wall was an amazing piece of military engineering - 15 feet high, with a further six feet of wooden battlements on top of that, impressive ditch defences (27 feet wide and 9 feet deep) and a castle every mile, whether in a valley or on top of a crag, with two watchtowers in-between each. There are also a number of major forts in which the troops were garrisoned, with associated civilian settlements growing around them too.Since stones from the wall were used as build roads to aid Butcher Cumberland's pursuit of Bonnie Prince Charlie after the 1745 rebellion, the wall is probably better viewed now than in many previous centuries. The declaration in 1987 of its UNESCO World Heritage Site status was followed by the opening, in May 2003, of the Hadrian's Wall Path, allowing visitors to walk the whole length of the wall (or its route).A number of forts are still extant and now popular attractions. From Newcastle, where Segedunum fort and baths are illuminated by a fine museum, coming west take a stop at Corbridge, then Chesters, Housteads, Vindolanda and Birdoswald. While less remains of the wall to the west (the main fort at Luguvalium, now known as Carlisle, is buried under a Victorian primary school), there is the Roman Army Musuem in Gilsland to see and, in Carlisle itself, displays in the award-winning Tullie House Museum and Carlisle Castle.
Close to the centre of Newcastle, Jesmond Dene is a green area that has retained its natural beauty for over 200 years.William Armstrong (1810-1900) ensured that the area remained a haven and he built a house here, named Jesmond Dene itself, for his wife in 1835. Armstrong was one of the North East's indefatigable inventor industrialists and invented the hydraulic crane in 1845. But he obviously wanted to keep nature close to him and safeguarded the wooded valley through which the river Ouseburn flows between South Gosforth and Jesmond Vale. Two miles of tranquility mixes both indigenous and exotic trees and offers perfect habitats for such animals as the kingfisher and the red squirrel.Armstrong continued to expand his holdings in the area, including the adjacent valley, and transformed what had been semi-industrialised usage back to nature, creating his own garden complete with grotto and waterfall.In the next decade he started to donate portions of Jesmond Dene and its environs to the city and people of Newcastle. In 1878 he gave the newly-completed Armstrong Bridge over the Dene, connecting Jesmond and High Heaton. In 1880 he donated Armstrong Park, south of the Bridge down to Heaton Park, and three years later he completed his largesse with Jesmond Dene itself, which was opened officially by the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1884.The area has been expanded since: up to Castle Farm Bridge in 1931 (after the death of Lady Noble at Jesmond Dene) and then in the 1970s with Newcastle City Council buying land from Castle Farm Bridge up to South Gosforth.Now with a popular Sunday market on the Bridge, a boating lake and a pets corner, let alone an acclaimed fish restaurant, there are many reasons for taking the air in this green corner of the city.When:DailyWhere:Jesmond Dene, Newcastle, EnglandCost:Free
Gateshead's new music centre, The Sage opened in December 2004, its distinctive silver wave formation now just as big an indication as the adjacent BALTIC of the vibrancy of Gateshead's revival. The centre is on the south bank of the Tyne, serving the whole of Tyne and Wear with the latest in concert comfort and technology.The Sage has two main halls, the 1700-seat Hall 1 and the completely flexible Hall 2 seating up to 400, along with the Northern Rock Foundation Hall (capacity 200 in various layouts) as well as the Barbour Room, for functions up to 250 people.The Sage is home to the Northern Sinfonia as well as hosting a full concert programme. The complex also includes a 25-room music education centre.
Stephenson Railway Museum allows visitors to relive the glory days of the steam train, not only by looking at historic exhibits while learning about the history of the train and the Tyneside region, but also riding on a steam locomotive, as the museum doubles as the northern terminus of the North Tyneside Railway.Celebrating the careers of father and son George and Robert Stephenson, who pioneered the steam railway, the museum contains the 1826 Billy (following William Hedley's 1812 Puffing Billy, now in London's Science Museum), which hauled coal in Newcastle and was an imminent forerunner to the world-famous Stephenson's Rocket.Other engines on display from the great age of steam - based on the collection started in the 1930s at Newcastle's former Museum of Science & Industry - include the Jackie Milburn, named after the Newcastle United footballing legend.Two fascinating exhibitions give visitors the chance to learn about the changing face of transport on Tyneside. From Pits to Staiths examines the impact of the coal industry on the region's railways, while The Electric Century shows how electricity has revolutionised transport since the early 1900s.A regular service from the museum to Percy Main Village provides a chance to ride a train pulled by one of the locomotives, and exciting events and activities run throughout the year, including historic cycles, Northumbrian Pipers, historic bus rides and electric locomotive demonstrations.When:Daily; not Mon or FriWhere:Stephenson Railway Museum, Newcastle, EnglandCost:Free entry; train rides £2; concessions £1; family ticket (2+2) £5; other concessions availableOpening Hours:Tue-Thu 11am-3pm; Sat, Sun & Bank Hols 11am-4pm
Gateshead's MetroCentre is a shopping mall the north-west can be proud of. With an 11-screen cinema, international food villages, household stores (Marks & Spencer, House of Fraser, Gap, Next), artisan shops selling high quality crafts and numerous family restaurants, cafés and bars, MetroCentre is "shoppertainment" central!Open seven days a week with 10,000 free parking spaces (car parks are kept under strict surveilliance), MetroCentre is a fun alternative to city centre shopping.When:DailyWhere:MetroCentre, Newcastle, EnglandOpening Hours:Mon-Fri 10am-9pm; Sat 9am-7pm; Sun 11am-5pm
