Cambridge Hotel

Newcastle


A backpacker favourite that launched Silverchair, Newcastle’s most famous cultural export, this West End pub continues to showcase touring bands and local acts. Check the website for upcoming gigs.


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Nearby Newcastle attractions

1. Newcastle Museum

0.83 MILES

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2. Newcastle Art Gallery

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Ignore the brutalist exterior, as inside this remarkable regional gallery are some wonderful works. There's no permanent exhibition; displays rotate the…

3. Bar Beach

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This popular surfing break, 1.5km south of the city centre, is at the northern end of a long strand that's called Merewether Beach at its southern end.

5. Christ Church Cathedral

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6. King Edward Park

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7. Lock-Up

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These days artists in residence, rather than prisoners, occupy this former police station (1861). There’s a dynamic contemporary-art program, artists…

8. Merewether Beach

1.66 MILES

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