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Prudhoe Chare, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7AT

Seven carved heads of gods and goddesses on the south wall of Prudhoe Chare. Neptune is in the centre, and others may include the River God Tyne and Bacchus, around a sea-horse, emblem of the City of Newcastle Image For full description, see Image

A view looking to the north along Northumberland Street, towards a group of Native American buskers. A conversation with one of the group revealed that they belonged to the Apache nation, and were from Mexico.

Prudhoe Chare provides pedestrian access to Eldon Square Shopping Centre from Northumberland Street. It was built on the line of Prudhoe Street which linked Percy Street to Northumberland Street. There was a pub here from about 1855, the Northumberland Arms, which was demolished along with the other pubs in the street when the shopping centre was constructed in 1976. A pub of the same name was built for the new centre and the external wall decorated with stone carvings salvaged from the old library, town hall and YMCA in Blackett Street. The heads at the top of this panel include Thomas Bewick (engraver), George Stephenson (railway pioneer) and Admiral Collingwood on tapered keystones (from arches) and a semi-circular panel with '1881' in the middle of foliate carving. The other heads are those of various gods and goddesses. Tyne and Wear HER (10829): Newcastle, Northumberland Street, Northumberland Arms PH http://www.twsitelines.info

Prudhoe Chare is a modern alleyway, built as part of the Eldon Square Shopping Centre on the line of the demolished Prudhoe Street which used to connect Percy Street with the now pedestrianised Northumberland Street. The wall on the right, looking down to Northumberland Street, is decorated with arrangements of old architectural details Image and Image

Pedestrianised street in the heart of Newcastle's shopping area; the large Eldon Square Shopping Centre contains 156 shops.

The Civic Centre can be seen on the left. The foreground roof is above Marks & Spencer store in Haymarket. The narrow lane below, Prudhoe Chare, now provides an entrance to the Eldon Square shopping centre from the pedestrianised Northumberland Street. One of the impressive Victorian buildings on Northumberland Street, with cream-coloured columns, is visible on the right Image, a view often spoilt from street level by the modern shop fronts and the common press of people.

View over Northumberland Street with the tower block of Bewick Court on John Dobson Street dominating the skyline. The flat roof in the foreground keeps rain out of Eldon Square Shopping Centre.

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