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Pilgrim Street

Pilgrim Street is one of the main roads in Newcastle city centre. It runs on from the south end of Northumberland Street down to the Swan House Roundabout and Central Motorway. The south end of Pilgrim street was extensively modified in the 1960s, when the Central Motorway and Swan House roundabout were built. The Royal Arcade of 1832 was demolished to accommodate the building of the roundabout. There is a detached section of Pilgrim Street south of the Swan House Roundabout, which forms part of the A186 route, running onto Melbourne Street and City Road.

Some notable buildings on todays Pilgrim Street include the Tyneside Cinema, Alderman Fenwick's House (17th century), the 1920's Carliol House and the former Fire and Police Station of 1933. The site of the former Odeon Cinema on Pilgrim Street, and other buildings along New Bridge Street, were used as a Stack venue for 4 years, built from repurposed shipping containers, hosting independent food vendors and retailers. The Stack site closed on the 2nd May, 2022, for the 'Pilgrim Place' development, which includes a new Inland Revenue hub for the North East. The Brutalist-style Commercial Union House was demolished as part of the development.

Pilgrim Street was one of the most important streets in medieval Newcastle. Pilgrim Street Gate was one of the main entrances through the Town Wall in medieval Newcastle.

William Gray's Chorographia (1649) described Pilgrim Street as "the longest and fairest street in the Town. In it is a Market for Wheat and Rye every Tuesday and Saterday. Likewise an house called the Pilgrims Inn, where Pilgrims lodged that came to visit the Shrine in [Jesmond], or Jesu de Munde, which occasioned to call this street Pilgrim-street. In the upper part of this street is a Princely house, built out of the ruines of the Black Fryers."

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666771:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne,1903

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058366:Children playing Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1890

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050930:Waverley Hotel 90 - 94 Pilgrim Street Unknown 1907

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041097:Entry off lower Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Dodds Edwin c.1884

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010496:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne 1901

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008267:Northumberland Street/Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1912

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065897:Carliol House Pilgrim Street/Market Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1927

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050349:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1959

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021551:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Signey J. 1971

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063950:Carliol House Pilgrim Street/Market Street Newcastle upon Tyne Philipson

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063957:Carliol House Pilgrim Street/Market Street Newcastle upon Tyne Philipson

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053329:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne City Engineers 1988

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061497:High Friars Lane/Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Maybury Malcolm 1995

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024811:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1900

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003977:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1924

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003976:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1910

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065297:Royal Arcade Pilgrim Street Allom T.

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043725:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne City Engineers 1965

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050347:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1959

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043159:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1969

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008391:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1911

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066526:Pilgrim Street Gate Newcastle upon Tyne Edwards E.

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003937:Pilgrim Street Newcastle Upon Tyne C.1920

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008418:Conservative Club Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1912

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014680:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Signey J. 1965

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019413:Police Station Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne 1930

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061132:Odeon cinema Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Malcolm Maybury 1995

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047158:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1959

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056591:Paramount Theatre Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1935

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044017:Paramount cinema Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1933

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013989:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne 1964

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Commemorative plaque to Sir Joseph Swan

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022707:Pilgrim Street Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1920

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Pilgrim Street Gate - This gate in the Town Wall was part the defences of Newcastle built in 1280. It stood at the north end of Pilgrim Street and was one of the main …

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008234:Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne 1912

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Pilgrim Street Gate
- This gate in the Town Wall was part the defences of Newcastle built in 1280. It stood at the north end of Pilgrim Street and was one of the main …

St Mary's Chapel
- Overview Map Street View Pilgrim Street in Newcastle is so named because of the many pilgrims traveling that way to St Mary's Chapel in Jesmond; "THERE was an Inn in …

No 1 Mosley Street / 128 & 130 Pilgrim Street
- Overview Map Street View Shops and offices, 1899 by Benjamin Simpson. Includes No. 1 Mosley Street and Nos. 128 and 130 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. The building has a cast iron …

Worswick Chambers, Newcastle
- Overview Map Street View Worswick Chambers are located on the corner of Worswick Street and Pilgrim Street in Newcastle. They were built as part of the "new cut" of Worswick …