Centre for Life
Centre for Life is a science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. About 225K people visit each year. Add Turbinia, 300 m away, to a visit; it leads 71 places within 15 km.
Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne
One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#525 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (4 Wikipedias). About ↓
Inside Newcastle upon Tyne
Centre for Life is inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area, with 33 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
The warmest afternoons in Newcastle upon Tyne run June to September, at 17–20°C.
Centre for Life
4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
- Type
- Museum
- Visitors
- 225K visitors a year
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Official site
- life.org.uk
Centre for Life on the map
Orange: Centre for Life.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Staying near Centre for Life
Home to 286,472 people, Newcastle upon Tyne is the largest of these 8. The list runs from its own town outward.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Gateshead
Blaydon
Whickham
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Centre for Life is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | It’s in town | 286,472 | 46 |
| Gateshead | 700 m southeast of it | 115,278 | 49 |
| Blaydon | 2.8 km west of it | 14,237 | 35 |
| Whickham | 3.2 km southwest of it | 15,680 | 33 |
| Longbenton | 4.9 km northeast of it | 26,882 | 35 |
| Sunniside | 5 km southwest of it | 3,422 | 9 |
| Hebburn | 6.8 km east of it | 21,341 | 24 |
| Springwell | 6.9 km southeast of it | 2,141 | 7 |
Places to add to Centre for Life
Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle, among 71 within 15 km.
MuseumTurbinia300 m away2
CathedralNewcastle Cathedral700 m away3
CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle700 m away4
CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral200 m away5
Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock1.6 km away · 638K visitors a year6
MuseumDiscovery Museum300 m away7
Art galleryBALTIC Centre1.5 km away8
FortNewcastle town wall500 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Centre for Life: common questions
Where is Centre for Life?
Centre for Life is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Centre for Life?
Science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
How many people visit Centre for Life?
About 225K visitors a year.
When is the best time to visit Centre for Life?
June to September are the warmest months in Newcastle upon Tyne, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Centre for Life?
Within 15 km: Turbinia (300 m), Newcastle Cathedral (700 m), Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (700 m) and St Mary's Cathedral (200 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Discovery Museum: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- BALTIC Centre: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle town wall: User:Dbam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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