Standing for Women: Let Women Speak. Newcastle. Jan 15th. 12:00 – 14:00
Travel information

Edit, change of venue:

The event will now take place at the Civic Centre, rather than the Monument. You can use the same instructions as below, but continue up Northumberland Street to Haymarket, then cross the road to this distinctive building. The walk from Monument will take about five minutes.

If you’re taking the Metro from Central Station, get off at the second stop (Haymarket) rather than the first. The Haymarket Metro station is fully accessible, with a lift.

Grey’s Monument is in Newcastle city centre at the intersection of Grey Street and Grainger Street. It’s directly adjacent to the Monument Metro station and a 10 minute walk from Newcastle Central Station.

By Metro
Board the Metro at Central station and take any northbound train. Get off at Monument, which is the first stop. All Metro stations and trains are step-free and wheelchair accessible and there are audible and visual announcements at every stop. There is lift access to Central Station Metro from the platform and to Monument station from the Eldon Square exit.

Mobility scooters are not allowed on Metro trains.

Walking from Central station
Leave the station, cross the road and head up Grainger Street, which is directly opposite. Grey’s Monument is at the top of Grainger Street. It will take about 10 minutes. You will definitely know it when you see it! The route is wheelchair accessible.

Parking
A map of Newcastle car parks and on-street parking can be found here.
There are three NCP car parks. The most convenient is the John Dobson Street car park, which is a 5 minute walk from Grey’s Monument. The Stanhope Street car park is a longer and more complicated walk (about 15 minutes) but is usually less busy.

All the NCP car parks can be booked in advance at the link above and are wheelchair accessible, with lifts to street level.

Toilet facilities

There are no longer any council-operated public toilets in Newcastle. There are toilets at Central Station and the following businesses allow non-customers to use their toilet facilities:

• Centre for Life
• City Library
• Costa Coffee (Northumberland Street)
• Discovery Museum
• Eldon Gardens Shopping Centre
• Eldon Square Shopping Centre
• Fenwick
• Grainger Market
• Great North Museum: Hancock
• John Lewis
• Laing Gallery
• McDonald’s (Northumberland Street)
• Marks and Spencer
• Newcastle Civic Centre
• The Gate

The closest to the Monument is Fenwick (a department store) but alternatives are two minutes walk away (McDonald’s, Marks and Spencer and Costa on Northumberland Street). If you need directions, ask the guy in a wheelchair (me). You can DM me at @latsot if you can’t spy me.