Newcastle (UK) - Places, Other

54°59N 1°35W, pop (2001e) 259 600. Administrative centre of Tyne and Wear, NE England, UK; part of Tyneside urban area; 440 km/273 mi N of London, on R Tyne, crossed by eight bridges; cultural, commercial, and administrative centre for the NE of England; site of a Roman bridge and fort; by legend an Anglo-Saxon monastic centre and town (‘Monkchester’); Norman castle founded 11th-c, rebuilt 12th-c, for defence against the Scots; city status, 1882; university (1963); University of Northumbria (1992, formerly Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic); railway; underground; ferries to N Europe; heavy engineering, aircraft, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, coal trade; Stephenson's iron works established here (1820s); Roman remains, mediaeval walls, 12th-c castle keep, 15th-c Cathedral of St Nicholas, Roman Catholic Cathedral (1844), art gallery, museums, Guildhall (1658); football league team, Newcastle United (Magpies).

Newcastle refers primarily to the following places

Newcastle upon Tyne, England Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Places

Newcastle (or New Castle) can refer to the following places:

Australia

Newcastle, New South Wales Division of Newcastle, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales, located around the city. Literally 'Newcastle-on-Usk' Little Newcastle (Casnewydd-Bach), Pembrokeshire Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorgan Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire Newcastle, Monmouthshire

United States

Newcastle, California New Castle, Colorado New Castle, Delaware New Castle, Indiana New Castle, Kentucky Newcastle, Maine Newcastle, Nebraska New Castle, New Hampshire New Castle, New York Newcastle, Oklahoma New Castle, Pennsylvania Newcastle, Texas New Castle, Virginia Newcastle, Washington Newcastle, Wyoming

Elsewhere

Newcastle, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Newcastle, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Other

Newcastle United F.C., English Premier League Football club Newcastle United Jets, an A-League football club Newcastle Knights, an Australian rugby league team HMS Newcastle, Eight ships of the Royal Navy HMAS Newcastle, an Adelaide class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy Newcastle Brown Ale, a beer brewed in England

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