Removals to Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear has a number of desirable places to live, including the award-winning St Peter’s Marina in Newcastle, leafy suburbs and attractive villages such as Brandling and Gosforth, and coastal resorts, including South Shields and Whitley Bay.  If you are organising removals to Tyne and Wear, you will be looking for UK removals firms that will ensure that your home or office move goes smoothly. Hamiltons has arranged many removals here and can organise your household move to all parts of the county including Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Moving to Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear in the North East of England, bordering Northumberland and County Durham, was formed around 40 years ago following the Local Government Act 1972. It is a county best known for its Rivers Tyne and Wear, excellent nightlife and fantastic shopping opportunities, while there are also some idyllic seaside and rural areas to settle in. The county has a population of just over a million and among the major draws for people moving to Tyne and Wear is for work purposes or to study at the university.

Quality of Life: If you like to be in the middle of the action, Newcastle is famous for its arts, culture music, festivities, not forgetting its football club, so there will be plenty to do here once you move. It frequently ranks among the top ten nationally and internationally for its nightlife, while it is also renowned for its theatre, poetry and literature. As well as being home to popular music venues, such as the 11,000 seater Metro Radio Arena, the city also plays host to year round festivals including the Chinese New Year, Beer Festival, Arts Festival and Mela, a two day cultural event held during the August bank holiday weekend.

Work and Commuting: Many people move to Tyne and Wear in order to work in the area. Once known as a centre for coal mining and manufacturing, services have now overtaken heavy industry as the popular employment sector. Newcastle also benefits from some excellent transport links, with a busy international airport reaching over 90 destinations, a major railway station, and good road links to the rest of the UK, including the A1, A696 and the A167. In addition, it has been classified as a ‘green city’ with an increasing number of cycle users.

Tyne and Wear's Districts in Focus

Newcastle and Gateshead
The city of Newcastle, which lies on the banks of the river Tyne, is the most populated in the north east. Among the many things the city is known for is its ‘Geordie’ accent, which has been deemed the most attractive accent in England. It’s also famed for its spectacular bridges including the Newcastle Millennium Bridge, Newcastle Brown Ale, and for hosting the Great North Run half marathon. Corporate learning, digital technology, retail and tourism play a major role in the economy.

In Gateshead, service industries and engineering have overtaken shipbuilding and heavy industry as a leading source of employment. The Metro Centre is the largest shopping centre in the EU, and there are various engineering companies situated on the Team Valley Trading Estate. It’s also known for its art and culture including a number of notable landmarks and venues such as the Angel of the North, Sage Gateshead and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

North Tyneside
The district includes the towns of Whitley Bay, North Shields and Wallsend. Although it used to have a history of heavy industry, new industrial estates and retail parks have sprung up in recent months. Among the main attractions are the Blue Reef Aquarium in Tynemouth, the coastline including Whitley Bay and St Mary’s Island, a small nature reserve with a lighthouse and visitors’ centre. Other places to visit include the remains of the Roman Fort and reconstructed military baths in Wallsend, the Railway Museum and Steam Railway dedicated to railway pioneers George and Robert Stephenson, in the small village of New York, and Tynemouth Castle and Priory.

South Tyneside
The largest town in the district is South Shields, while other towns in the area include Hebburn and Jarrow. All the above towns have a proud shipbuilding history and the latter is famous as being the starting point of the Jarrow March, which was a protest against poverty and unemployment in the 1930s. Meanwhile, South Shields is a popular coastal resort with a host of attractions including the seafront and promenade, the lighthouse and pier, and the town museum and art gallery. The area also plays host to year round festivities and the seafront is the end point of the Great North Run.

Sunderland
This port city on the river Wear, with a population of 275,000, was once declared ‘the largest shipbuilding town in the world’. It has a shipbuilding history that stems from the 14th century until the closure of the last shipyard in the 1980s, and has a long history of coal mining, with the last coalmine closing in the 1990s. However, since this period the city has been regenerated: the Nissan factory is based here, which is the largest car factory in the UK, and a host of service industries have sprung up. Residential areas, leisure complexes and retail centres have been built, and the Sunniside area has been redeveloped with upmarket flats, a cinema complex, casino, cafes, bars and restaurants.

If you are organising removals to Northumberland and looking for a high quality firm for UK home contents or office moves, get in touch with Hamiltons today for a free quotation.