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Newcastle Sports and Newcastle Outdoor Activities
(Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England)



The city of Newcastle has excellent sports facilities, including a wide range of popular Newcastle spectator sports, such as rugby and cricket. There are also good sports facilities in Newcastle for participants, such as golf courses, tennis courts, central badminton courts, popular swimming pools, modern fitness centres and gyms. The local Newcastle newspapers provide a useful sports section that regularly lists daily and weekly local Newcastle sports events, which are held in and around the city centre.

The River Tyne runs straight through the centre of Newcastle and is a particularly scenic area for walking and cycling in Newcastle. There are also a number of pubs along the way, close to the riverside.





Newcastle Sports: Newcastle Football - St. James's Park Stadium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4ST, England
Tel: +44 (0)191 201 8400
Newcastle United, Newcastle's premiership football club, plays regular home games at St. James's Park Stadium, which seat almost 40,000 people. With a large number of loyal supporters, tickets to Newcastle United Football Club matches should always be booked in advance. St. James's Park Stadium is the second largest football stadium in the United Kingdom, holding around 52,000 people. It is also the oldest football stadium in the North East, and the first game of football was played here more than 125 years ago.

Newcastle Sports: Newcastle Rugby - Kingston Park Stadium, Brunton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 8AF, England
Tel: +44 (0)191 2145588
Rugby is an increasingly popular spectator sport in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Newcastle's leading rugby team is the Newcastle Falcons. Playing regular matches at Newcastle's impressive Kingston Park Stadium, the Newcastle Falcons usually attract large crowds.

Newcastle Sports: Newcastle Athletics - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
The all-seater Gateshead International Stadium hosts many major British and International athletics events and has excellent sporting facilities.

Newcastle Sports: Newcastle Basketball - Metro Radio Arena, Arena Way, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 7NA, England
Tel: +44 (0)870 707 8000
Newcastle's premier basketball team is the Newcastle Eagles and they play regular matches at the Metro Radio Arena, formerly known as the Telewest Arena, close to Redhrugh Bridge.

Newcastle Sports: Fitness Centres and Newcastle Gyms - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
There are numerous well-equipped fitness and sports centres in central Newcastle, with excellent state-of-the-art fitness and weight training equipment, aerobic courses, personal trainers, saunas, solariums, steam rooms, hydrotherapy and massage. Most gyms and sports centres in Newcastle are open daily, from early in the morning until late at night.

Newcastle Sports: Megabowl - 1 Garden Walk, Metro Centre, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 9XY, England
Tel: +44 (0)191 460 0444
Newcastle's Megabowl centre is located in the Gateshead area of Newcastle and features modern tenpin bowling facilities, an arcade area with state-of-the-art video games and a café.
Open: daily - 10:00 to 23:00

Newcastle Sports: Deep Blue Dive - 69a Front Street, Tynemouth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE30 4BP, England
Tel: +44 (0)191 296 0218
Deep Blue Dive is a popular diving shop in Newcastle's Tynemouth area, with equipment hire, a diving school and boat trips.
Open: Monday to Wednesday, Friday - 09:00 to 18:00, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday - 09:00 to 17:30

Newcastle Sports: Newcastle City Pool - Northumberland Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8SE, England
Tel: +44 (0)191 232 1981
Newcastle's City Pool is located in Newcastle city centre and is home to three large swimming pools, a Turkish bath, a sauna and a fitness centre.
Open: Monday - 08:30 to 19:30, Tuesday to Wednesday - 07:30 to 19:30, Thursday - 07:30 to 19:00, Friday - 07:30 to 18:00, Saturday - 08:30 to 16:00

 
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