Days Out Attractions & Buildings

Newcastle Castle

4549_venue_image The Castle Keep and its medieval gatehouse, the Black Gate, have recently reopened as a combined visitor attraction, following a £1.67m Heritage Lottery funded refurb. New exhibits chart the history of the fortress- from royal stronghold to county prison and teeming slum. Finish by climbing the 99 stairs for unbeatable views of the NewcastleGateshead Quayside.

Location

The Black Gate & Castle Keep

Castle Garth, Newcastle

NE1 1RQ

T: 0191 230 6300

E: info@newcastlecastle.co.uk

W: www.newcastlecastle.co.uk

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Everybody knows about the Plague. Everybody talks about it. But don't other major disease epidemics deserve some time in the spotlight? DG Fitzgerald thinks so, in this continuation of scurrilous sickness. Last time, typhoid fever and cholera had the spotlight. Now, it's time for the sinister Spanish Flu and the spine-chilling Smallpox to take their turn!
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Days Out Attractions & Buildings

Newcastle Castle

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Beyond the Black Death 2 by D.G. Fitzgerald