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Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne
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About Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost city, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south. It is the most populous settlement in the Tyneside conurbation and North East England. The metropolitan borough had an estimated population of 320,605 in 2024.

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In 2013 Newcastle imported 4.9 million tonnes of coal, the second most in the UK after somewhere in Scotland.

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More facts about Newcastle

  1. The official deepest hole in Newcastle is the Newcastle Science Central deep geothermal borehole, about 2,000 metres deep, near St James' Park.

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  2. I've been out on a night out in Newcastle in February and they still don't wear clothes up there.

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Coordinates: 54.9783, -1.6178

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