Soon to be new to newcastle (anyone need a flatmate?).

Hellooooo Newcastle!

I am moving across the Atlantic to your humble city in about 2 months to begin my PhD (from the US) and I am looking for some people to ride with and somewhere to live! Anyone need a flatmate starting in August?

Ok here a few pictures of my bikes, so if you see an obviously American girl riding around on these say "hello".....as I don't really know anyone in Newcastle (or England for that matter)! Hope to see you on the streets (or in our new flat)!!

(and yes I realize my track bike has a flat)

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Greetings to you from the North-East.
Can't help with accommodation I'm afraid as I live just outside Newcastle. Good luck with that ;)
Hope to see you on a ride-out or at bikepolo.

Welcome to Newcastle - are you heading to Northumbria, or the other place!

Glad you decided to bring 2 bikes Leigh! See you soon

Hey Leigh! i was in the same position last january, and moved to ncl for a year- you're going to love it.
If you need an american-lady opinion, or help sorting out decent places to live/areas to look, i'm happy to help (by satellite, not in ncl anymore, sadly).

housing-wise, one thing i wish i knew earlier in the game is that heaton is actually a pretty comfy/residential area to live at a fraction of prices right Inside the city, and its a really easy/flat/straight ride into town. closer to a huge/cheaper grocery store, near parks, ouseburn, two bike shops, etc..

i chickened out on the research, and moved straight to the centre of town for safety/naievetes sake (which was an awesome apartment), but my heart is still in byker/heaton.

also, the kids are dangerous. lived in west philly for 3 years and never ran into quite so many bold, feral, truant kids as i did in the byker metro station.

also, the kids are dangerous. lived in west philly for 3 years and never ran into quite so many bold, feral, truant kids as i did in the byker metro station.

Byker Metro is a bit - well feral is a good word for it.

I teach at Northumbria as well - we have a decent set up for cycling staff here, with storage, changing facilities and a cycle to work scheme. Which school are you based in?

There is a staff freeads thing on our intranet where people advertise acomodation to other staff - will keep an eye out on it for anything and pass on details etc.

Heaton, Jesmond & Gosforth are very big student areas, with Fenham a rougher, cheaper option. Theres always plenty of accomodation in Newcastle - as well as decent boozers etc. Heaton is probably your best bet though.

Dave

remember we ride on the other side of the road here!!

Good luck with the move. I'm sure you'll love it here. Plenty to do on or off bikes ! Good luck finding a house. I'd echo Priya's thoughts about Heaton/Sandyford. Really nice area thats a good mix of students/professionals/families and not expensive. Plus, don't know where you're based in america but Newcastle is a really compact city so nowhere is that far away from the centre ! Hopefully meet you soon !