Memorials and blue plaques in Newcastle upon Tyne
Blue plaques, memorials and monuments across Newcastle upon Tyne. A quiet place to read about the lives held in this England city, and to visit them in person.
178 locations, organised A to Z. Includes 4 war memorials.
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Balmbra's Music Hall
Cloth Market

Basil Bunting
On Morden Tower

Black plaque № 11796
Black Gate

Black plaque № 11798
51, Westgate Road

Black plaque № 11928
35, The Close

Black plaque № 11945
Junction of Sandhill and Quayside

Black plaque № 33186
St. Nicholas Building, Westgate Road

Black plaque № 40434
39 Quayside

Black plaque № 42128
98-100 Pilgrim Street

Black plaque № 43424
St Ann's Church, Breamish Street

Black plaque № 43425
Broad Chare

Black plaque № 43430
Former Turk's Head Hotel, 71 Grey Street

Black plaque № 43433
Reid Park Road

Black plaque № 43444
19 Sanderson Road

Black plaque № 43449
7 Summerhill Grove

Black plaque № 43450
Guildhall, Sandhill, Quayside

Black plaque № 43451
Guildhall, Sandhill, Quayside

Black plaque № 43454
Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge

Black plaque № 43458
Ouse Street

Black plaque № 43459
Horatio Street

Black plaque № 43467
Stepney Bank

Black plaque № 43468
Stepney Bank

Black plaque № 43469
Stepney Bank

Black plaque № 43470
Stepney Bank

Black plaque № 43481
Claremont Road

Black plaque № 43592
Maling Street

Black plaque № 43839
West End Customer Service Centre and Library, Condercum Road

Black plaque № 49797
3 Osborne Terrace

Black plaque № 51979
Brunswick Methodist Church, Brunswick Place

Black plaque № 58380
Newcastle Cathedral, Side

Blue plaque № 41726
Armstrong Park

Blue plaque № 6340
Newcastle Quayside

Bronze plaque № 40096
Quayside

Bronze plaque № 43484
Gibson Street

Bronze plaque № 43595
Quayside

Bronze plaque № 43658
Quayside

Bronze plaque № 43759
39 Westgate Road

Bronze plaque № 43823
Newgate Street

Bronze plaque № 43824
Newgate Street

Bronze plaque № 43825
Clayton Street

Bronze plaque № 43826
Clayton Street
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Cenotaph 1914-18 1939-45
War Memorial
Location details from OpenStreetMap

Charles Avison
Rosemary Lane

Charles Avison
St Andrew's Church, Newgate Street

Charles Avison
St Andrews Churchyard, Newgate Street

Charles Dickens
Nelson Street

Chas Chandler
35 Second Avenue, Heaton

Colin Veitch
1 Stratford Villas

Colliery, Heaton
Heaton Park Court, Heaton Park Road
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J. Alex Burns
The Black Bull, Stanhope Street

Jack Common
44 Third Avenue, Heaton

James Worswick
St Andrew's Church, Worswick Street

Jára Cimrman
7 Ouseburn Mews

Jesmond Flint Mill
Jesmond Vale Footbridge

Jesmond Synagogue
39 Eskdale Terrace

Jimmy Carter
Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge

Jocker Wood
The Cumberland Arms, James Place Street

John Dobson
New Bridge Street West

John Dobson
Central Railway Station

John Dobson
Eldon Square

John Dobson
Grainger Market, Clayton Street

John Dobson
St. Mary's Place

John Dobson
Times Square

John Dobson
18/20 Grey Street

John Dobson
Guildhall, Sandhill, Quayside

John Dobson
121 Jesmond Road

John Dobson
31 Jesmond Road West

John Dobson
1 Jesmond Road West

John Dobson
Eslington Road

John Dobson
11 Jesmond Road West

John Dobson
New Bridge Street West

John Dobson
St. Thomas' Church

John Gilroy
25 Kingsley Place

John Jarvis
near Monkton Dene Park, York Avenue

John Wesley MA
49-51 Northumberland Street

José Maria de Eça de Queirós
53 Grey Street

Joseph Wilson
Stowell Street

Josephine Butler
Corner of St. Ann's Street and Swirle Steps

Joshua Alder
5 Ravensworth Terrace
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Keelmen’s Hospital
City Road

Keelmen’s Hospital
Newcastle upon Tyne

King Charles I of England
Market Street West

King Charles I of England
Shieldfield Green

King George V of the United Kingdom
Tyne Bridge

King George V of the United Kingdom
Junction of Sandhill and Quayside, west side of Tyne Bridge pillar.

King Henry II of England
Castle Garth
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R. Beckwith
Corner of Leonard Street and Quayside

Ralph Erskine CBE
Byker Housing Office, 45/47 Brinkburn Street

Ralph Hedley
19 Belle Grove Terrace

Red plaque № 9081
Bridge Street

Richard Grainger
36 Clayton Street West

Richard Grainger
28 Clayton Street West

Richard Norman Shaw
Jesmond Dene Road

Robert Plant
Mayfair's - The Gate complex

Robert Stephenson
23 Westgate Road

Robert Stephenson
5 Greenfield Place, Westgate Road

Robert Stephenson
South Street

Robert Stephenson
South Street
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Sid Chaplin
11 Kimberley Gardens

Sir Basil Mott FRS 1st Baronet
Tyne Bridge

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons OM KCB FRS
Discovery Museum, Blandford Square

Sir Joseph Swan FRS
Pilgrim Street

Sir Joseph Swan FRS
Mosley Street

Sir Joseph Swan FRS
The Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate Road

Sir Ove Arup
16 Jesmond Vale Terrace, Heaton Road

Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne
62 Grainger Street

St Thomas Chapel
57-60 Sandhill
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The Animals
Percy Street

The Most Revd Cardinal Basil Hume OM OSB
4 Ellison Place

The Most Revd Cardinal Basil Hume OM OSB
St. Mary's Cathedral, Bewick Street

Thomas Bewick
St. Nicholas Church Yard

Thomas Bewick
Bewick Street

Thomas Bewick
Bewick Street

Thomas Bewick
Saville Row

Thomas Burt MP
20 Burdon Terrace

Thomas Cook
St Nicholas Square

Thomas Spence
Fenwick's Entry, off Quayside

Town Wall, Newcastle
Pink Lane

Town Wall, Newcastle
Friars Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
Sandgate

Town Wall, Newcastle
Stowell Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
City Road

Town Wall, Newcastle
St Andrew's Church, Newgate Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
Causey Bank, Tower Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
Hanover Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
Back lane of Stowell Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
St Andrew's Church, Newgate Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
Market Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
Close

Town Wall, Newcastle
Off Forth Street

Town Wall, Newcastle
West Walls

Town Wall, Newcastle
Back lane of Stowell Street

Tyne and Wear County Council
Archbold Terrace, Sandyford Road
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Data sources
Location records are drawn from open, licence-clean datasets, kept here with attribution and gratitude to the people who maintain them.
- Open Plaques, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). See openplaques.org.
- Wikidata, available under the CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
- Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.
Editorial descriptions, photography and tribute links are original TributeLegacy work, layered on top of the open data.