Walking & Cycling to Ouseburn 

  • Newcastle Central station to the top of Stepney Bank: 20-minute walk | 11-minute cycle
  • Newcastle Central station to the Victoria Tunnel entrance on Ouse Street: 25-minute walk | 12-minute cycle
  • Haymarket to the Village Green (centre of Ouseburn Valley): 22-minute walk | 6-minute cycle
  • Jesmond Dene to the Village Green (centre of Ouseburn Valley): 29-minute walk | 9-minute cycle 
  • Chillingham Road Metro to the Village Green (centre of Ouseburn Valley): 24-minute walk | 9-minute cycle 
  • Wallsend Metro to the Village Green (centre of Ouseburn Valley): 60-minute walk | 24-minute cycle

Parking in Ouseburn

Street parking on Lime Street, the Ouseburn Central Car Park on Foundry Lane, and the Ouseburn South Car Park next to The Cycle Hub on the Quayside is 40p per hour up to a maximum stay of four hours.

The Ouseburn Arches car park under the Byker Bridge arches, on the corner of Lime Street and Stepney Bank is £1 for the first hour then 80p an hour up to a maximum stay of four hours. The meter accepts payment by debit or credit card only (or pay cash in Ouseburn Trust office at 53 Lime Street).

There are disabled parking spaces in the Arches car park, outside Ouseburn Farm and on Foundry Lane.

Using public transport

By Bus from/to Town Centre & Byker

Services 1, 12, 22, 39, 40, 62 and 63 will take you to the Bus Stop outside or opposite St. Dominic's Priory on New Bridge Street - look for The Tanners Arms pub and turn down Stepney Bank on the right of the pub, follow the road downhill to the heart of Ouseburn. Find out more details of bus services at journeyplanner

The yellow Quaylink bus, Q3, from Newcastle city Centre (Market Street near Grey'sMonument)  will drop you off on City Road (Just after East Quayside Sandgate stop in the timetable). Turn left along Cut Bank, then left again on Lime St to the heart of Ouseburn. Here's a link to the Q3 timetable

Sightseeing Bus - during the Summer you can catch the 'Toon Tour' sightseeing bus (blue route) from Central Station and the City Centre through to the heart of Ouseburn and many wonderful attractions. It runs every half hour between about 10am and about 4pm. More details of the route and timetables here.

By Metro

Ouseburn is located between two Metro stations - Manors (0.7 miles from the centre of Ouseburn) and Byker (0.9 miles from the centre of Ouseburn). 


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