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Visit our Academic Experience page for information about the 2025-26 academic year.
Travelling to Newcastle University
Newcastle is easy to reach – just three hours from London by train and with easy access to the A1(M).
You can download our campus and city map (PDF: 2.5MB) to find your way around the city.
The city-centre car parks can get very busy during our Open Days, so we recommend planning ahead and using public transport where you can.
Travelling by train
Newcastle Central Station is on the east coast main line and directly accessible from London King's Cross, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The University can easily be reached from Newcastle Central Station using the Metro. Haymarket Metro station is opposite the campus and only two stops from Central Station.
The campus is approximately 18-minutes' walk from the train station, please see directions below.
A Taxi rank is also outside the station.
Rail travel links
- London North Eastern Railway (LNER) - route information from London King's Cross, Glasgow or Edinburgh
- Cross Country Trains - Cross Country trains serve many UK destinations, including Newcastle
- Northern Rail - trains serving the North of England
- TransPennine Express - serving the North and cross-country routes
- National Rail - journey planning, live arrival and departure boards for UK stations
- Metro - Tyne and Wear local rail service
Fastest train times to major UK cities*
- Leeds: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Edinburgh: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Manchester: 2 hours 10 minutes
- London: 2 hours 35 minutes
- Birmingham: 3 hours 30 minutes
*Information according to Trainline
Park and Ride
As the city centre is a busy place to park, another option is to park nearby and travel to the city centre using public transport.
Metro Park and Ride
Park your car at one of these stations and take a short Metro journey to Haymarket station opposite the University.
Heworth Metro station (for those travelling from the south)
- Location: Sunderland Road, Heworth, Gateshead NE10 0NJ (Google Maps)
- Spaces: 393
- Cost: £2.50 per day*
- Journey time: 9 minutes
Four Lane Ends Metro station (for those travelling from the north)
- Location: Benton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7UJ(Google Maps)
- Spaces: 475
- Cost: £1.20 per day*
- Journey time: 12 minutes
Regent Centre Metro station (for those travelling from the north)
- Location: Great North Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3PF
- Spaces: 183
- Cost: £1.20 per day*
- Journey time: 12 minutes
Buy a Metro DaySaver ticket for unlimited travel. You can pay for this using cash or a card.
*Although we make every effort to ensure that this information is correct, we advise you to check prices with the Metro website.
Newcastle Great Park and Ride
You can also leave your car at the Newcastle Great Park and Ride and then travel by bus, getting off at Barras Bridge, which is just next to the campus.
- A return ticket to the city centre costs £3.20
- Buses run every 20 minutes with a journey time to campus of under 25 minutes
Visit the Park and Ride website for further information.
Travelling by car
Getting to Newcastle
Newcastle is easily accessible by road via the A1 from the north and south and the A69 from the west. A route planner may help you with your journey:
Parking on campus is limited and only available for disabled visitors. Contact us at open.day@ncl.ac.uk if you require a disabled parking space.
For sat-nav, we recommend using the postcode of one of the city-centre car parks or a park and ride option.
City-centre car parks
City-centre car parks are likely to be busy, so please allow extra time for your journey.
The following car parks are within walking distance of the campus:
| Name | Postcode | Approx. walking time to campus | Charge* |
| Claremont Road | NE2 4AN | 2 minutes | £1.60 per hour |
| Civic Centre (Saturday only) | NE1 8PB | 6 minutes | £1.60 per hour |
| Morden Street | NE1 7RQ | 6 minutes | £2.20 per hour |
| Q Park Stowell Street | NE1 4YB | 6 minutes | From £1.50 per hour depending on entry time |
| Eldon Square Multi Story | NE1 7RZ | 7 minutes | £2.40 per hour |
| Eldon Garden Multi Story | NE1 7RT | 7 minutes | £2.20 per hour or £11.00 per day |
| Dean Street Multi Story | NE1 1PG | 15 minutes | £1.80 per hour |
| Grainger Town Multi Story | NE1 4DP | 18 minutes | £1.30 per hour or £9.00 daily charge |
| Quayside Multi Story | NE1 2AQ | 13 minutes | £1.20 per hour or £9.00 daily charge |
*Although we make every effort to ensure that this information is correct, we advise you to check prices with Newcastle City Council.
Disabled parking on campus
We have a limited number of parking spaces on campus for disabled visitors.
To book a disabled parking space please email open.day@ncl.ac.uk with your:
- name
- date of visit
- car registration number
A member of the Open Day Team will get in touch with further details and directions for the day.
Travelling by plane
Newcastle International Airport is about seven miles from the University, and is linked to the city centre via Metro.
There are regular flights to UK cities including Aberdeen, London and Bristol.
It may be possible to fly direct to Newcastle International Airport from locations across Europe. Indirect flights typically change in London, Amsterdam, Brussels or Paris. Connecting flights from London to Newcastle fly from Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports.
The airport is about 7 miles from the city centre. You can travel by Metro from the airport to the city centre – the journey to Haymarket (the nearest stop to the University) takes about 25 minutes.
Finding our campus
It’s easy to get to the University campus once you’ve arrived in the city. Simply take the Metro to the Haymarket station, which is only two stops from Central Station. The campus is opposite the Metro station. Tickets are £4.10* for a Metro Day Ticket for unlimited travel (one zone).
Alternatively, it’s a 15-minute walk to the campus from the train station. Please see our University map leaflet for directions.
Look out for our guides wearing high-vis jackets. They will be at key areas of the city centre, including the train station, to help direct you to the campus.
*Although we make every effort to ensure that this information is correct, we advise you to check prices with the Metro website.