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Northumbria University aka The University of Northumbria at Newcastle is a 29,000 student (correct 2013) university in Newcastle upon Tyne. Northumbria University has two campuses - City Campus and Coach Lane. City Campus comprises City Campus East at NE1 2SW and City Campus West at NE1 8ST which are located on either side of Newcastle upon Tyne's central motorway.

City Campus East opened in 2007 and houses Northumbria University's School of Law, School of Design and Newcastle Business School aka NBS. The School of Law and Newcastle Business School can be found in the same building with the School of Design opposite.

City Campus West houses the School of Art, School of Social Science, School of Built and Natural Environment, School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, the School of Life Sciences, the Northumbria University Library, Northumbria University Students Union and Sports Central, a £30 million sports facility that opened in 2010.

A map of City Campus is shown below...

Previous visitors to Newcastle upon Tyne may be familiar with the pedestrianised shopping street Northumberland Street which is shown in pink on the bottom left hand corner of the map. Haymarket Metro station is at the top of the street and Monument Metro station is at the bottom of the street - this is the station you should use if you are staying at our bed and breakfast accommodation whilst visiting Northumbria University as it is a direct line to South Shields Metro station with no changes, journey time is approximately twenty minutes.

The second Northumbria University campus is Coach Lane aka the Coach Lane Campus at Cochrane Park and is located outside the city centre in the suburb of Benton at NE7 7XA. The University of Northumbria Coach Lane campus is home to School of Health; Community and Education Studies. The Coach Lane campus has computing and library services; its own Students' Union and sports facilities. The sports facilities at Coach Lane including indoor courts, a fitness suite, outdoor rugby and football pitches and an all-weather floodlit pitch. A free shuttle bus runs between City Campus and Coach Lane campus.

If you're thinking of studying at Northumbria University then these two videos may be of interest...

Our bed and breakfast accommodation is twenty minutes by car and/or public transport from Newcastle upon Tyne city centre and Northumbria University's city campus. If you're looking for hotel accommodation whilst visiting the University of Northumbria room information and photographs can be found on our bedrooms page. Room availability and prices can be found on our online booking page.