The Common Room
The Common Room, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 1SE
Pop in and see the building on 17th September with our friendly room guides. If early railways are your thing, we have a two part walk with local expert Les Turnbull available to book on Wednesday 17th. For those interested in how tramways affected the city, come and hear Lawrence Napper (senior lecturer in Film Studies at Kings College) who will be using film excepts accompanied by Radio 4's Neil Brand on Thursday 18th September.
Timings & Tours
- Wednesday 17 September:
- 1000-1600, walks at 1030 and 1330
- Thursday 18 September:
- tramways lecture at 1800, doors 1730
Location & directions
The Common Room, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 1SE
- Directions:
- Two minutes walk from Central Station station.
- Contact on day:
- Jennifer Hillyard
- Telephone number:
- +441912509717
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Wednesday 17th September we are open on a drop in basis with no prebooking required to see the building and chat to our friendly guides. The two walks on Wed 17th Sept are strictly pre-booking only. The silent movie on 18th September has prebooking available but drop in can probably be accommodated (capacity 100).
- Booking contact name:
- Jennifer Hillyard
- Booking telephone number:
- +441912509717
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://thecommonroom.org.uk/whats-on/
- Alternative booking website:
- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-common-room-28800064055
- Booking opens:
- 23 Jul 2025 12:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 17 Sep 2025 10:30 AM
Accessibility details
The building offers full wheelchair access including two accessible toilets with on street parking (blue badges free) nearby. Level access is via the entrance on Orchard St with a small platform lift available to avoid 4 steps to the ground floor. The Eastern loop (1030) walk involves a steep gradient.
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 12
- Est. tour duration:
- 1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
