This Newcastle's five bridges now seven

Everyone knows that Newcastle (upon Tyne - the English one) has five bridges. Keith Emerson famously wrote a piece of music about that, after all.

In fact the five bridges thing was about all I did know about Newcastle upon Tyne. Except that it was supposed to be a nice place to visit. So I did.

I'm happy to report that it was indeed a nice little visit. It was a Sunday lunchtime, and there were lots of people out and about on the waterfront (Hadrian's Wall Path, it's called).

I can also report that there are now at least seven bridges across the Tyne, between Newcastle and Gateshead on the southern bank.

The original Tyne Bridge is the most iconic of course. It's often said to be the inspiration for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. In fact they were built by the same contractor at roughly the same time. The Sydney bridge was started first, but took longer to build. Mind you it is three times as long, three times as wide, and more than twice as high. Here's a nice YouTube video comparison of the two.









Newcastle's newest bridge is the Gateshead Millenium Bridge, a rather stylish pedestrian bridge.









I was surprised to find a castle in Newcastle too. Shouldn't have been really, it's called Newcastle for a reason, I guess.