TOP 10 NEWCASTLE

To many British people yet to visit, Newcastle upon Tyne is famous for many things – rowdy football fans, Newcastle Brown Ale and raucous Geordie nights out – other than its heritage. They are therefore surprised when alighting from a train in the North East’s capital to find a grand Georgian core and a Norman castle at its centre. When William the Conqueror’s eldest son built it to replace the pre-existing Roman fortification, the new castle gave the settlement, previously known as Pons Aelius, its