‘Newcastle… sucks you in like a vortex’

Place explored through a personal selection of the lives, novels, art, architecture, poetry and history inspired by England's industrial era.​

The words of Jack Common, Robert Westall, Iain Nairn, Beryly Bainbridge and Sean O’Brien in Newcastle’s Metroland: locations are within walking distance of Metro rail stations.

Barnsley Bradford East Lancashire Galloway Goole Halifax Huddersfield Hull Jarrow Kirkcudbright Maltby Nelson Newcastle North Yorkshire Rotherham Scunthorpe Selby Sheffield Social History Southwold The North Todmorden West Yorkshire York

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