Stay in Tyne and Wear

Cultural Cities and Sandy Beaches

Tyne and Wear is brimming with cultural quayside cities and sandy North Sea beaches. Visit cosmopolitan Newcastle and Gateshead museums and galleries for a dose of Tyne and Wear heritage, cross neon footbridges between redeveloped quays and chant with the Toon Army at a Magpies game. You'll soon feel like a true Geordie. Head to Sunderland for sparkling shopping malls and landscaped Victorian parks. And more football. Don't forget your bucket and spade for sandy bays and surfing beaches. Wetlands and country parks have miles of cycle paths to explore.

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in North East region of England around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It consists of the five metropolitan boroughs of South Tyneside, North Tyneside, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and City of Sunderland. It is bounded on the east by the North Sea, and has borders with Northumberland to the north and County Durham to the south.