Newcastle is located in the North East of England and was an important strategic outpost already at the time of the Romans. Here was Hadrian's wall, which separated the Roman Empire from the Scottish tribes. Even today you can visit remains of Hadrianwalles in Newcastle and walk in the footsteps of Roman history of the city. Break in this extraordinary metropolis on the River Tyne and discover the North of England individually with your rental car.
Newcastle is connected to the South, West and North Britain via very well-developed long-distance axes. Coastal motorway A1 and the A68, you can reach within minutes the Scottish border. In the West Carlisle of the metropolis of Newcastle is just vis-à-vis and in the South of Middlesborough, Leeds and Manchester. To get their car hire in Newcastle, once you arrive at airport of Newcastle at Ponteland such as the same. Also car hire locations of from different car hire companies in Newcastle are throughout the city at the disposal. The city is connected by a dense network of main roads. On you, you can reach within minutes of the North Sea at the mouth of the Tyne. With your rental car, you can cross the beautiful bridges of the city and get again and again great views of the harbour and the skyline.
At the time of industrialization, Newcastle was not only an important producer of ships and locomotives, but was also one of the most important export ports of Northern England. Newcastle could take advantage of this location qualities to this day. Old industrial building be rebuilt today in cultural institutions and thus the industrial history of the city alive. The port was again expanded and modernized, and is still the most important trading port in the North of England. The city has experienced economic change and for the production of machinery and pharmaceutical products. To this day Newcastle is the Newcastle Brown also known for his malziges and dark ALE, ALE. Sample this delicious product of British brewing culture and enjoy the fruits of the North Sea in the beautiful restaurants in the city.
Newcastle has two universities, where students from all over the world study. Newcastle is twinned to many cities around the world. Among other things to mountains in Norway, Groningen in the Netherlands, Gelsenkirchen, Nancy France, Atlanta, the United States, Haifa in Israel, Newcastle in Australia, Newcastle in South Africa and Malmö in Sweden. The city offers a wealth of bars, pubs and restaurants, which lie mostly on the banks of the Tyne and are thus popular meeting places for young and old. Worth seeing are the museums of the city, such as the Baltic and the Laing Art Gallery. You will find a special prices if you drive your car in the East of the city to the biscuit factory. Of course, the city also boasts your seven bridges, which were mostly built in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Visit the Royal grammar school from the 16th century.