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Northumberland Street
Northumberland Street is one of the major shopping streets in Newcastle city centre. It was pedestrianised in 1998 - prior to that the street was often busy with cars and lorries as it was part of the main A1 route between London and Edinburgh, which also included the Tyne Bridge.
The modern street was layed out in the 19th century. Before that there were medieval plots ('town fields') here, located outside the protection of the Town Walls. As hostilities with Scotland reduced, a suburb of the medieval town developed here; there were three-storey brick houses here by the 18th century. Originally the street was called Bath Road, because it led to the old Northumberland Baths opened in 1839 (replaced in 1928).[1] The first Fenwick department store was established on the street in 1882. The former Callers furniture store opened in 1897. Many of the smaller shops of the early 1900s were replaced by new larger shops in the early 1930s (an exception being No. 45, which is the oldest surviving building). Marks & Spencer opened a store on the street in September 1932 (the modern store was built in the 1970s). British Home Stores (now Primark) was built in 1967, replacing a 1931 Art Deco building for C&A. 'The Pearl', on the junction with New Bridge Street was built in the 1970s, replacing the original Pearl Assurance building of 1904. Eldon Square shopping centre, with one of it's main entrances on Northumberland Street, opened in 1976. In 2015, M&S built a green wall, consisting of almost 16,000 plants on their Northumberland Street store.
Northumberland Street is a major shopping street in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the North East of England. It is home to a wide range of different retailers, banks and cafes, and in terms of rental per square foot, Northumberland Street is the most expensive location in the UK outside London to own a shop. There are currently over 51 retailers including pubs on Newcastle's Northumberland Street.
Location
The street runs from the Haymarket Interchange Metro station and The Newcastle Civic Centre in the north, towards Pilgrim Street and the Monument Metro station at the south. It encompasses the entrance to the Eldon Square Shopping Centre It also houses the entrance to the Monument Mall Shopping Centre.
South of Blackett Street, Northumberland Street ends at the junction with Pilgrim Street which runs to the Tyne Bridge. From the opening of the bridge in 1928 until the opening of the Tyne Tunnel in 1967, Northumberland Street was part of the A1 between London and Edinburgh. It is now pedestrianised.
Until 1999, the most northerly section of Northumberland Street from Northumberland Road onwards was still open to traffic and a busy bus route, which led to the shops in this part of the street being much less popular than those farther south. This section is now pedestrianised in keeping with the remainder of the street. However, some electronic maps still show this part as an accessible road.
Delivery traffic is still permitted to drive up Northumberland Street in the early morning to complete deliveries, but, after that, all non-pedestrian traffic is banned, including bicycles and skateboards.
Retailers
Here is a list of some of the retailers, cafes and banks that can be found on Northumberland Street as of September 2012:
- 3 Store
- BANK
- Barclays
- BHS Closed
- Boots
- Burger King
- Card Factory
- Carphone Warehouse
- Clas Ohlson Closed Mid 2017
- Costa Coffee
- Cruise
- Currys & PC World
- Cotswolds
- EE
- Fenwick
- First Sport(Now JD sports)
- Greggs
- Greggs Moment
- Phones 4 U
- Halifax
- H&M
- H. Samuel
- JD Sports
- Lloyds TSB
- Marks & Spencer
- M&S - Kitchen
- Magic Box
- McDonald's
- Moss Bros.
- O2
- Newcastle Building Society
- NatWest
- Northern Rock (Virgin Money)
- Pret A Manger
- Primark
- Sainsbury's
- Santander
- Scotts
- Sports Direct
- Starbucks
- Superdrug
- Thomas Cook
- Thompson
- TK Maxx
- Yorkshire Building Society
- Vodafone
- W H Smith
Days Out
Northumberland street is situated very close to St James' Park
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Fenwicks Window
- Welcome to 7s2's wall of Fenwicks window, here is some information on are project ands some pictures of different windows!
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Fenwick's Department Store
- In 1882 John James Fenwick purchased a doctor’s house at 5 Northumberland Street in Newcastle. It cost him £181 and 4 shillings to convert the house into a shop, becoming one …
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008267:Northumberland Street/Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1912
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008019: Fenwick's Department Store, Northumberland Street, Christmas 1931
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048522:Northumberland Street Newcastle upon Tyne City Engineers 1985
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022686:Fenwick Ltd Northumberland Street Newcastle upon Tyne Evening World
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Co-Curate Page
Fenwicks Window
- Welcome to 7s2's wall of Fenwicks window, here is some information on are project ands some pictures of different windows!
Co-Curate Page
Fenwick's Department Store
- In 1882 John James Fenwick purchased a doctor’s house at 5 Northumberland Street in Newcastle. It cost him £181 and 4 shillings to convert the house into a shop, becoming one …
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058864:Northumberland Street Newcastle upon Tyne Torday L. c.1970s
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066620:Northumberland Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1915
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- "In the 18th century it was a suburb of the medieval town, with three-storey brick houses. Originally called Bath Road because it led to the old Northumberland Baths opened in …
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from https://www.chroniclelive.co.…
Newcastle's Marks & Spencer store unveils a living green wall
- Chronicle Live, 30 March 2015. "Shoppers have given a thumbs-up to a spectacular green wall unveiled at a flagship Marks & Spencer store on Tyneside.
The 167 square metre wall …
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