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Are you looking to relocate to Newcastle? Moving home is not something we do on a regular basis with there often being a few years between each move.
As such, we can often lose sight of the number of belongings we accumulate on the way and come time to relocate there is lots to organise.
This is where enlisting the services of a reliable removals company is crucial.
White & Company are a family-owned business with over 150 years’ servicing the Newcastle community.
We offer a tailor made, reliable and professional service at a competitive price.
Our trained crews have tackled all sorts of challenges and can wrap, pack, and transport your personal belongings with minimum fuss and delay.
Should you require it, White & Company can offer storage of some or all your effects also.
We have 19 secure storage facilities across the UK, offering clean, modern, easily accessible storage provision.
We serve many towns around Newcastle. To find out more about how we can get your dream move underway do not hesitate to give us a call today for a free home survey and quotation.
Why Move to Newcastle?
Newcastle upon Tyne or Newcastle for short, has undergone a massive transformation.
Once the industrial hub of the north, it has now become a centre for the arts, sciences, and business. A vibrant city that is truly bursting at its seams, Newcastle is full of surprises.
Work, home or play, the city supplies a fantastic quality of life and is one of the safest cities in the UK to boot!
There are two stunning areas of natural beauty to discover to the west of Newcastle, The Northumberland National Park, and the North Pennines AONB.
To the east you have some fantastic beaches to choose from, Longsands Beach, King Edward’s Bay and Seaburn Beach are perfect examples.
Newcastle enjoys excellent transport links by road, rail, sea, and air. The best way to navigate locally is via the Metro system which has stops at all the main districts.
Newcastle is home to two top universities, the University of Northumbria, and Newcastle University.
Combined, they bring a young and vibrant element to the city, renowned for its extremely lively nightlife where dancing, eating, and drinking are the order of the day (or rather the night)!
Whilst Newcastle both respects and delights in its vast heritage it is by no means living in the past.
Grand plans have been put in place to further develop this already ambitious city.
A number of green initiatives have already been implemented: Improving air quality and making healthy activities such as cycling and walking a first choice for everyone.
Undoubtedly, as Newcastle marches forward into the future, it will only continue to increase in popularity as a place where people can live and thrive at work, school, or leisure.
Newcastle Schools & Education
Newcastle is a great place to live with regards to your children’s education.
North Tyneside Council take care of education matters across the Tyne & Wear Region.
Their web site is the best place to start searching for a school and to begin the enrolment procedure.
There are 74 primary schools, 20 secondary schools, 2 universities, 13 LEA-funded and 7 independent schools and several special schools in Newcastle so choice is going to be absolutely no issue.
There are a number of state schools dotted around the city which have been rated as “outstanding” by Ofsted. This includes the Hadrian School for children with special needs.
The three best schools as per figures produced by “The SchoolGuide.co.uk” based on each school’s performance data, are: The Royal Grammar School, Newcastle High School for Girls and Dame Allens Senior School.
Information on researching and finding schools in the Newcastle area is available here:
https://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk
Newcastle is a university city, home to two major universities, Newcastle University and Northumbria University.
Both popular place’s with students from around the UK and the world.
Each provides a huge choice of undergraduate degree programmes in a wide range of subjects as well as research programmes.
Northumbria University was ranked number one among UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s Young Universities Rankings (2020).
Things to Do in Newcastle
There is so much to do in, around, and close to Newcastle it would be impossible to list them all.
Even determining what are the top ten is difficult as everyone’s idea of fun differs.
Here is just a general guide to some of the most visited attractions although there are many more to discover.
1. The Metro Shopping Centre
2. Dalton Park Outlet Shopping
3. The Lit & Phil Library
4. Jesmond Dene Park
5. Newcastle Quayside
6. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
7. Angel of the North
8. St James’s Park Football Stadium
9. The Theatre Royal
10. Gateshead Millennium Bridge
For more information on what’s on and what to visit, check out the following sites:
Newcastle Property
In these uncertain financial times, affordability is key and that is exactly what Newcastle offers those who relocate here, fantastic value for money.
Whilst prices are a little more costly in the City of Newcastle compared to other areas across the Tyne and Wear region, they are certainly much more attainable when compared to buying a home further south of the UK.
Spoilt for choice, buyers can choose from all types of dwellings – townhouses, spacious flats and apartments, semis as well as detached houses, which is no wonder as there are around 1500 homes on the market currently.
When you compare the cost of housing in Newcastle to London, it is likely that no matter what type of home or where you are on the property ladder, you stand to save yourself a substantial amount of money.
As the city continues to roll out its expansion and improvement programme a swathe of new build sites are in various stages of completion.
Currently, a total of 7 developers are advertising homes for sale across the spectrum, from one-bedroom apartments to five-bedroom detached properties.
Popular Places to Live Near Newcastle
- Backworth
- Bedlington
- Blyth
- Cramlington
- Denton Burn
- Dinnington
- Dunston
- Forest Hall
- Gateshead
- Gosforth
- Hebburn
- Heddon-on-the-Wall
- Jarrow
- Killingworth
- Longbenton
- Monkseaton
- Morpeth
- Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
- North Shields
- Ponteland
- Prudhoe
- Ryton
- Seaton Burn
- South Shields
- Tynemouth
- Wallsend
- Wansbeck
- Washington
- Whickham
- Whitley Bay
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