Fort · Newcastle upon Tyne · Tyne and Wear

Newcastle town wall

Newcastle town wall is a grade I listed urban defence. You will find it inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area. Top of the 71 other places within 15 km is Turbinia, 300 m off.

Photo: Newcastle town wall, User:Dbam (Public domain)

Where

In Newcastle upon Tyne

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 15%

#1,210 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Fort in Newcastle upon Tyne

Inside Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle town wall is inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area, with 32 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Newcastle upon Tyne has 724 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Aim for June to September, when Newcastle upon Tyne reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr12° / 5°51 mm

May15° / 8°44 mm

Jun18° / 10°64 mm

Jul20° / 12°61 mm

Aug20° / 12°69 mm

Sep17° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 2°56 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Newcastle upon Tyne, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Newcastle upon Tyne. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Newcastle upon Tyne’s full climate →

About

Newcastle town wall

Articles on it exist in 7 languages.

Newcastle upon Tyne’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: in Newcastle upon Tyne

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Newcastle town wall and what surrounds it

Newcastle town wall sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Towns that count Newcastle town wall

Of these 6 towns, the largest is Newcastle upon Tyne (286,472 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Newcastle upon Tyne

286,472 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 1 km southeast of it

Gateshead

115,278 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 3 km west of it

Blaydon

14,237 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km southwest of it

Whickham

15,680 people · 33 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Newcastle town wall is	People	Places to visit
Newcastle upon Tyne	It’s in town	286,472	46
Gateshead	1 km southeast of it	115,278	49
Blaydon	3 km west of it	14,237	35
Whickham	3.5 km southwest of it	15,680	33
Longbenton	4.5 km northeast of it	26,882	35
Wallsend	4.8 km northeast of it	45,351	42

Make a day of it

What else is near Newcastle town wall

There are 71 within 15 km, 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle among them.

MuseumTurbinia300 m away 2

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral700 m away 3

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle800 m away 4

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral300 m away 5

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock1.1 km away · 638K visitors a year 6

MuseumCentre for Life500 m away · 225K visitors a year 7

MuseumDiscovery Museum300 m away 8

Art galleryBALTIC Centre1.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Newcastle town wall

Where is Newcastle town wall?

Newcastle town wall is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Newcastle town wall?

Grade I listed urban defence in the United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Newcastle town wall?

June to September are the warmest months in Newcastle upon Tyne, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Newcastle town wall a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Newcastle town wall?

Within 15 km: Turbinia (300 m), Newcastle Cathedral (700 m), Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (800 m) and St Mary's Cathedral (300 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)

Newcastle town wall: User:Dbam, Public domain, 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
Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Discovery Museum: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
BALTIC Centre: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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