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Newcastle upon Tyne is defined by its dramatic topography, where the city centre clings to the steep northern bank of the Tyne gorge. It’s a place built on layers of history, from the site of the Roman Pons Aelius and the 12th-century stone keep that gives the city its name, to the heavy industrial engineering of the Victorian era. The aesthetic of the central streets is largely shaped by "Tyneside Classical" architecture - grand, sandstone buildings designed by Richard Grainger in the 1830s. Geographically, it’s a compact city where the dense urban core quickly gives way to the Town Moor, an expansive 1,000-acre tract of open common land that is larger than London’s Hyde Park. While the iconic seven bridges link the city to Gateshead, the Metro rail system provides practical links to the coast and the airport. It’s a city where the transition from the busy commercial heart to the quiet, rugged Northumberland countryside or the North Sea beaches happens in less than twenty minutes.