Live Cams in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in North East England on the northern bank of the River Tyne, opposite Gateshead, with more than 300,000 residents. It grew from Pons Aelius, a Roman settlement on Hadrian's Wall, and takes its name from the castle built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of William the Conqueror. During the Industrial Revolution the city was a leading centre of coal mining, shipbuilding and engineering. Its riverside is known for its bridges over the Tyne, among them the Tyne Bridge of 1928 and the tilting Gateshead Millennium Bridge.