The Railway Quarter
Places
Every business, venue and useful address in the district that we have checked, plus a few just outside it. A place tagged Nearby is either a short walk away or the nearest of its kind to the estate; a place that is not open to the public says so.
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- District boundary
- Places
- Trail starts
The boundary is ours, not an official one: the railway from the King Edward VII Bridge to the corner of Brandling Street and Oakwellgate, along Cannon Street and down Church Street and Bridge Street to the Swing Bridge, then the river back. Why here.
Homes
Curzon Place
Curzon Place
The apartment development on Curzon Place, below the estate by the Hilton: run by its own company, Curzon Place Management Company Limited, with Block Living as managing agent.
Half Moon Lane
Half Moon
Six large shared apartments, flats 1–6, above a ground-floor commercial unit at 30 Half Moon Lane: Adderstone's scheme on the site of a former pub, built for students and young professionals.
Wellington Street
Wellington House
The Grade II listed brick building on the curved corner of Half Moon Lane and Wellington Street: Bridgewater Interiors' showroom across the ground floor, six flats above.
Wellington Street
Worsdell House
The former Gateshead Railway Club, a 19th-century brick building between Wellington Street and Hudson Street, next to the listed Wellington House on the Half Moon Lane corner, converted in 2007 into 25 flats over ground-floor commercial units.
Eat and drink
bar and shop
Axis
Craft beer bar and bottle shop in Arch 16 on Wellington Street: nine rotating taps, natural wines from small winemakers and Spanish-style bar snacks.
shop and bar
Bertie's Shirts
Authentic classic football shirts and a social club in Arch 10 on Wellington Street: vintage shirts and memorabilia to buy, plus free pool, a games console corner, stotties, coffee and a bar.
pub and restaurant
Lock & Quay
Dog-friendly bar and kitchen on the Gateshead riverside at 1 Pipewellgate, just west of the Swing Bridge, with a terrace looking across the Tyne to Newcastle; food cooked in house, cocktails and a function room.
bar
Microbus
VW camper-themed craft beer bar at 2 High Level Parade, the named run of arches on Wellington Street under the High Level Bridge approach; six handpulls, ten taps, dog-friendly, with live acoustic music on many Sunday afternoons.
restaurant
Raval Indian Brasserie & Bar
Award-winning regional and coastal Indian restaurant in the former Snowball's department store on Church Street, by the Tyne Bridge, with floor-to-ceiling windows onto the Newcastle skyline.
wellbeing and cafe
Sereniti Health
Sereniti Salt Retreat: a halotherapy (dry salt) treatment room at 9–11 Wellington Street, on the ground floor of Worsdell House across from the arches, describing itself as the North East's first, with a coffee shop on the ground floor and the treatment rooms upstairs, one building and one door. Bookings for the salt room through the website; hours not published.
pub and venue
Station East
Hadrian Border Brewery's real-ale pub, formerly the Station Hotel, in a Victorian brick building on the corner of Hills Street, built up against the railway viaduct at the south end of the Tyne Bridge. Drinks only, no food; a busy programme of live events.
pub
The Central
Grade II* wedge-shaped ale house at the foot of Half Moon Lane: 13 handpulls, a whisky lounge, a games room and a roof terrace for functions.
shop and bar and venue
Victor Indigo November
Wine shop and tasting room in Arch 12, opened in 2023 and specialising in wines, cheeses and charcuterie from France, with its events space next door in Arch 14.
restaurant and bar · at Hilton Newcastle Tyne Bridge
Windows on the Tyne
The Hilton's restaurant and bar, open to non-guests, with a wall of glass onto the river and the bridges: à la carte dining, a cocktail bar with sharing plates and burgers, and afternoon tea on Saturdays.
pub
The Tynesider
Independent community pub at 195 High Street, with DJs and music sessions, community events and daytime socials.
Culture and venues
heritage
Brandling Street mural
A graffiti-style mural of the neighbourhood around two walls of a small private car park on Brandling Street, opposite Albany Contract Furniture and beside the back of Raval: The Central, the Hilton, traffic lights, children with balloons, a big black Mercedes and the green arch of the Tyne Bridge.
heritage
High Level Bridge
Robert Stephenson's 1849 bridge over the Tyne, the world's first to carry a railway and a road on separate decks: trains on top, and below them a roadway for buses, taxis, people on foot and cyclists. It lands on our doorstep at the top of Wellington Street.
heritage
James Hill Monument
Peter Coates's 2006 memorial on Bottle Bank, opposite the Hilton, to James Hill, the Gateshead fiddler known as the Paganini of hornpipe players: a stone fiddle leaning on the wall, a bronze inscription and a carved bench.
heritage · temporary
Kevin Keegan stencil: Joy, Hope, Positivity
A stencil of Kevin Keegan running the first Great North Run in 1981, in his half-Newcastle, half-Sunderland shirt, with the words Joy, Hope, Positivity, on the Tyne Bridge restoration hoarding opposite the Great Run Company's office.
church
Kings Church Gateshead
Moving into the former Gateshead Railway Club on the Wellington Street and Hudson Street corner, with planning permission granted November 2025; first services expected November 2026, with a clothing bank and space to rent. Until then it meets at South Street Community Primary School.
heritage
MacCoy Fountain
A granite drinking fountain on Wellington Street, given to the town in 1915 by Councillor John MacCoy in memory of his wife Rebecca, Mayoress of Gateshead in 1912–13 and 1913–14.
heritage
Riverside Park (Pipewellgate)
The estate's own park: landscaped in the 1960s–70s along the south bank, entered from High Level Road at two points, with the Gateshead Riverside Sculpture Trail.
heritage · temporary
See You Through It billboard
An unofficial paste-up by the street artist See You Through It (Mando Marie) over a disused billboard: twelve stencilled portraits of the same small girl in two rows, signed SEEYOUTHROUGHIT. The same artist is painting the council's new town-centre murals this year.
pub and venue
Station East
Hadrian Border Brewery's real-ale pub, formerly the Station Hotel, in a Victorian brick building on the corner of Hills Street, built up against the railway viaduct at the south end of the Tyne Bridge. Drinks only, no food; a busy programme of live events.
heritage
Swing Bridge 150th anniversary board
An information board on the stone parapet at the Gateshead end of the Swing Bridge, put up for the bridge's 150th anniversary in 2026: how it was built, how it swings, and its history from 1868 to its last swing in 2019.
heritage and office
The former Tyne Bridge public convenience
The Grade II listed former public convenience at the south end of the Tyne Bridge's approach span, on Church Street: closed as a toilet and converted into offices, now Beacon Creative's, one of the five listed buildings inside the district.
venue and gallery
The Gateshead Arches
Seven railway arches on the old G Scott Cars site, painted in 2026 with a row of murals that together spell GATESHEAD, and a new paved forecourt used as the town centre's pop-up event space.
shop and bar and venue
Victor Indigo November
Wine shop and tasting room in Arch 12, opened in 2023 and specialising in wines, cheeses and charcuterie from France, with its events space next door in Arch 14.
heritage
WallQuest board, The Roman Bridge
An information board on the corner of Bridge Street and Hillgate, a few steps from the Swing Bridge, on the Roman bridge that gave Newcastle its name, the medieval bridge that replaced it, and the Roman finds from the river.
gallery
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Free contemporary art gallery on the Quays, a fifteen-minute walk along the river.
library · nearest library
Gateshead Central Library
Library with café, computers and family-history resources.
heritage and venue
St Mary's by the Tyne
Gateshead's Grade I listed medieval parish church by the Tyne Bridge, now run by the Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust on a 99-year lease from the council: restored in 2024, open on monthly open days and for events, weddings and hire.
venue
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
The concert hall on the Quays, renamed from Sage Gateshead on 13 September 2023; home of Royal Northern Sinfonia.
gallery · at Orbis Community (Atlas NE)
Vane
Long-established contemporary art gallery.
Studios and workspace
shop and office
Albany Contract Furniture
Contract furniture supplier on Brandling Street, opposite Hymers Court: furniture for offices, schools, healthcare and hospitality, from specification to installation, with a showroom and a clearance outlet.
office · temporary
AmcoGiffen site office
Temporary site office while AmcoGiffen works for Network Rail on the High Level Bridge and its junctions; the place to ask about the works programme.
office
Aspire Technology Solutions
Managed IT, cyber security, cloud and connectivity company with its head office at Pipewell Quay on Pipewellgate, the office development on the riverside by the Swing Bridge.
bar and shop
Axis
Craft beer bar and bottle shop in Arch 16 on Wellington Street: nine rotating taps, natural wines from small winemakers and Spanish-style bar snacks.
shop and bar
Bertie's Shirts
Authentic classic football shirts and a social club in Arch 10 on Wellington Street: vintage shirts and memorabilia to buy, plus free pool, a games console corner, stotties, coffee and a bar.
shop
Bridgewater Interiors
Handmade kitchen, bathroom and furniture maker with its showroom at 1–7 Wellington Street, filling the ground floor of Wellington House, the listed corner building at Half Moon Lane, across the street from the arches; call before visiting so a designer is free.
studio and shop · at Hymers Court
Hidden Heights Creative Studio
Hair salon and creative studio in Arch 4 at Hymers Court: commercial and session hair, photography and video, make-up, and studio hire.
hub
Hymers Court
Eight railway arches running right through the viaduct between Brandling Street and Quaysgate, let as studios: hot yoga, reformer Pilates, a fitness studio and a hair and photography studio.
studio · at New Eden House
Last Arrow Games
Private video-game development studio, opened 2026.
shop
Mushu Tattoo
Tattoo studio in Arch 4 on Wellington Street, trading as Mushu Tattoo Ltd; by appointment through the studio's Facebook page.
office
New Eden House
L-shaped two-storey sandstone building on Fletcher Road, the Greenesfield works' office block recorded by the HER, carrying Gateshead Council's 2011 blue plaque to Sir Vincent Raven, who was based here as the NER's last Chief Mechanical Engineer.
heritage and office
The former Tyne Bridge public convenience
The Grade II listed former public convenience at the south end of the Tyne Bridge's approach span, on Church Street: closed as a toilet and converted into offices, now Beacon Creative's, one of the five listed buildings inside the district.
office
The Great Run Company
The organisers of the Great North Run, based at Tyne Bridge House on Bottle Bank, at the corner of Curzon Place, looking straight at the bridge the race crosses.
studio
Toastie Labs
Indie video-game studio (ToastieLabs Ltd, cosy games for PC and Switch) whose premises are now open to the public for tabletop and Warhammer gaming.
shop and bar and venue
Victor Indigo November
Wine shop and tasting room in Arch 12, opened in 2023 and specialising in wines, cheeses and charcuterie from France, with its events space next door in Arch 14.
shop
WazzKutz
Barber in the arch at 8 Wellington Street, five chairs, booking through Booksy; haircut £20–£25, haircut and beard £25–£30.
shop · at Orbis Community (Atlas NE)
586 Records
Record shop on the first floor of Orbis, entry at the rear.
hub
Greenesfield Business Centre
Gateshead Council's small-business centre on Mulgrave Terrace, on the site of Greenesfield House, the villa where Vincent Raven lodged as an apprentice; the house's gates and part of its boundary wall still stand.
studio · at Orbis Community (Atlas NE)
Maker Space
Makerspace within Orbis.
hub
Orbis Community (Atlas NE)
Creative hub at 65 High Street: Vane gallery, Maker Space, 586 Records and more than twenty creatives working from mini studios.
shop
Quayside Market
Newcastle City Council's Sunday street market along the Newcastle Quayside, just over the Swing Bridge: food stalls, crafts and gifts under the trees from the Guildhall towards the Millennium Bridge.
shop and leisure · nearest shopping centre
Trinity Square
Gateshead town centre's shopping centre, a few minutes uphill: Tesco Extra, shops, a Vue cinema, a health centre and student flats, on the site of the 1960s Trinity Square made famous by Get Carter.
Everyday
car park
High Level Bridge Car Park
Private monthly-subscription car park at the top of Half Moon Lane on the Hudson Street corner: £70 a month with key and badge, no upfront commitment, cancel at month end.
hotel
Hilton Newcastle Tyne Bridge
The hotel on Bottle Bank, entered from Curzon Place, still widely listed under its old name Hilton Newcastle Gateshead; self-parking £15 a day and EV charging on site.
gym and wellbeing · at Hymers Court
Hotpod Yoga Gateshead
Hot yoga in an inflatable pod heated to 37°C, in two arches at Hymers Court: low light, scents and music; mats, showers and changing rooms provided.
car park
Hudson Street car park (Times Parking)
Private pay-on-arrival car park on the old approach ramp to the closed Greenesfield station: £3.00 for 5 hours, £5.50 for 10 hours, app payment only (RingGo location 43208), ANPR-enforced. Formerly NCP. The public foot ramp at its top is the best viewpoint in the area.
gym · at Hymers Court
JG Fitness
Personal training gym in Arch 3 at Hymers Court: in-person and online training and body transformation programmes, with a free first consultation.
gym · at Hilton Newcastle Tyne Bridge
LivingWell Newcastle Tyne Bridge
The gym and pool inside the Hilton on Bottle Bank (in through the hotel's main entrance off Curzon Place), run by LivingWell and open to non-residents: 15 m indoor pool, sauna, steam room, gym and classes, from £54 a month or £20 for a day pass.
car park
Mirk Lane car park
The small private car park on Mirk Lane, behind Curzon Place by the Half Moon flats: permit holders only, for residents and local businesses, with no public spaces. Enforced around the clock by camera.
postbox
Nearest postbox
The closest Royal Mail postbox to the estate, on High Level Road by the entrance to Riverside Park (box NE8 200D). Last collection 9am Monday to Friday and 7am on Saturday.
play area
Play area, Greensfield Close
A small grassed play area at the end of Greensfield Close with timber trim-trail equipment, backed by the railway line.
youth
Sea Cadets Gateshead (TS Leviathan)
The Gateshead Sea Cadet unit, TS Leviathan, on Pipewellgate by the river below the estate: ages 10 to 18, parade nights Monday and Thursday 18:45–21:15.
wellbeing and cafe
Sereniti Health
Sereniti Salt Retreat: a halotherapy (dry salt) treatment room at 9–11 Wellington Street, on the ground floor of Worsdell House across from the arches, describing itself as the North East's first, with a coffee shop on the ground floor and the treatment rooms upstairs, one building and one door. Bookings for the salt room through the website; hours not published.
gym and wellbeing · at Hymers Court
The Reform Lab
Reformer Pilates studio in Arch 6 at Hymers Court.
school
Bede Community Primary School
The community primary school on Old Fold Road, for ages 4 to 11; the catchment primary school for the part of the district east of Wellington Street.
school
Caedmon Community Primary School
The community primary school on Whitehall Road, Bensham, for ages 3 to 11 with a nursery class; the catchment primary school for the Ochre Yards blocks and the west side of the district as far as Wellington Street.
gp · nearest GP surgery
Central Gateshead Medical Group
GP practice accepting new patients, per NHS.uk.
leisure · nearest council leisure centre
Gateshead Leisure Centre
Pools, gym, studios and soft play; memberships from £28.99 a month.
supermarket · at Trinity Square · nearest supermarket
Tesco Extra, Trinity Square
The main supermarket, a few minutes uphill in the Trinity Square centre.
nursery · nearest nursery
The Bridges Nursery School
Day nursery for ages two months to five years, 137 places, with out-of-school and holiday clubs; the nearest nursery to the estate.
shop and leisure · nearest shopping centre
Trinity Square
Gateshead town centre's shopping centre, a few minutes uphill: Tesco Extra, shops, a Vue cinema, a health centre and student flats, on the site of the 1960s Trinity Square made famous by Get Carter.
Streets
- Bottle Bank — The historic route up from the Tyne Bridge: the Hilton Newcastle Tyne Bridge, Tyne Bridge House, home of the Great Run Company, and the James Hill Monument to the fiddler who lived here.
- Curzon Place — Apartments run by Curzon Place Management Company, managed by Block Living, with a heavy student and short-let presence; the Hilton's entrance and Tyne Bridge House are on the corner with Bottle Bank.
- Half Moon Lane — The lane between the estate and the Tyne Bridge approach: The Central pub, Ochre Mews in the old Boiler Shop, Half Moon at no. 30, six shared apartments over Toastie Labs, and at the top the private car parks and AmcoGiffen's temporary site office.
- Hills Street — Station East pub and the south end of the Tyne Bridge, where the council's Railway Quarter public-realm scheme is creating a new public space; Hills Street passes under the railway through a 16 ft bridge.
- Hudson Street — Worsdell House, the former Gateshead Railway Club converted in 2007 into 25 flats, fills the block on the Wellington Street corner, with Kings Church in part of its ground floor from late 2026; and the old station ramp with its car park and viewpoint.
- Wellington Street — The railway arches under the High Level Bridge approach, even-numbered Arch 2 to Arch 16 and also known as High Level Parade: Microbus, Mushu Tattoo, WazzKutz, Bertie's Shirts, Victor Indigo November and Axis, and across the street in Worsdell House, Bridgewater Interiors, Sereniti Health and Kings Church, plus the 1915 MacCoy Fountain.
The council's own Railway Quarter directory lists the arch businesses with trails and a map; this list adds the estate, the everyday services and what is not open to the public.