Geordie Art & Culture

Geordie Art & Culture / The Diversity Of Geordie Art, Culture & Design

Apart from the world famous tourist routes along the ancient Emperor Hadrian’s Wall which used to divide England from Scotland, along with its numerous fortress ruins, the Geordie nation is also rich in cultural attractions.

Culturally rich with it’s many statues, historic monuments, magnificent castles, cathedrals & coastal priories which were all built on the doorstep of the magnificent and scenic Northumbrian countryside.

The area also rightly boasts of a magnificent coastline lined with long sandy beaches that stretch from South Shields on the south side of river Tyne, Tynemouth, Cullercoats & Whitley Bay on the north side right through to Berwick Upon Tweed on the Scottish borders.

Five of these beaches currently (2010) hold Blue flag status which is awarded to coastal destinations with the highest standards of water quality, cleanliness, safety and environmental management.

CullercoatsBay – North Tyneside
Sandhaven, South Shields – South Tyneside
Tynemouth King Edwards Bay – North Tyneside
Tynemouth Longsands South – North Tyneside
Whitley Bay – NorthTyneside

The international recognition of Tyneside’s famous Geordie Bridges and its top ten world tourism board ratings as a “party people” place (not forgetting of course its world famous Geordie beer) combine to help the Geordie capital city of Newcastle Upon Tyne and itssurrounding areas become one of the most attractive & culturally diverse regions of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best places in the world to go for a fun night out.

Follow the links to view some examples of the diversity of Geordie art, culture & design that has and indeed still does, stimulate the Geordies (and the now tens of thousands of tourists who visit the region) cultural imagination.

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