Castle Keep

10am-5pm Daily. £6.50 Adults, Concessions £5.50, Children (5-15) £3.90, Family £15.90. Special discount rates available for group bookings. 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 Newcastle Gateshead Quayside.