Planning Your Visit

The Common Room has no public parking site. There is on-street parking nearby which is free for Blue Badge holders. The closest car parks can be found at:

Central Station Long Stay Car Park, NE1 5Dl

Stephenson Quarter Car Park, NE1 3PH

We have loading bays outside our venue on Orchard Street. Click here for more information: Loading Bays | Newcastle City Council

We are 150m from Newcastle Central Station for visitors travelling by train and metro.

Our nearest bus stops are located on Neville St, Westgate Rd and Grainger St, which are all serviced by several routes.

Bike stands are provided on Orchard Street outside The Common Room’s accessible entrance.

We regularly host General Admission days for visitors to explore our historic spaces and use our Audio Guide. For information about the latest timings, visit our What’s On page: What’s On – The Common Room

We can also offer private tours and group visits. For more information, please contact jennifer.hillyard@thecommonroom.org.uk

The entrance via Westgate Road has four external small steps with no hand rails. We have an accessible level entrance just round the corner on Orchard Street, which features a platform lift to the ground floor level or four small internal steps with double hand rails.

Our building has one lift which takes visitors to all levels. You can reach the lift through our foyer.

Baby-changing facilities are located in the accessible toilets on the ground and mezzanine floors.

You are welcome to breastfeed anywhere within our building. If you would like to do so somewhere quieter, please ask a member of staff, who will signpost you to an available room.

All assistance dogs are very welcome throughout the building.

There is seating throughout the building for our visitors. We have seating in our current exhibition space.

In the cafe bar and Reading Room, tables are available at a range of heights to suit all customers including a height adjustable table in the Reading Room for wheelchair users.

Public access to the Wood Hall and Lecture Theatre varies, as these rooms are available for private hire.

In order to guarantee access, it is best to book a visit on one of our General Admission days, or via a tour.

Our programme of educational and family activities are free admission but still ticketed, we always recommend booking in order to secure a place, before we reach maximum capacity.

We run our ticketing through Eventbrite. To book a ticket, or to find out more information about ticketing, click here.