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How to get to Newcastle

This page provides information on how to get to Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a Borough located in the North Staffordshire area, approximately 2.5 miles from the City of Stoke-on-Trent. To the west lies the fringe of Cheshire and also the outskirts of Shropshire.

The Borough has excellent communications and is well served by the M6, the A34 and the new A50 link road, which gives North Staffordshire a first-class eastern access to the M1.

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Regional road links

From North – at junction 16 of the M6, turn left on to A500 southbound. Leave A500 at junction with A34 signposted Newcastle. Remain on A34 (southbound) to Newcastle town centre.

From South – at Junction 15 of M6, turn left at 1^stroundabout towards Clayton/Newcastle. Holiday Inn Hotel on left. Across next roundabout, through traffic lights. Go straight on at next roundabout (this is the A519).

Local Railway Station

The nearest railway station is Stoke-on Trent where you can have direct links to Birmingham and Manchester railway stations.

Local Airports

There are three main airports that are closest to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The distances to these airports from Newcastle-under-Lyme are as follows:

Manchester 36 miles
Birmingham 56 miles
East Midlands 47 miles

Nearby Cities

Newcastle-under-Lyme is situated in the Midlands at the centre of the UK, and is surrounded by big cities.

The road distances to major cities from Newcastle-under-Lyme are:

Birmingham 47 miles
Coventry 65 miles
Derby 40 miles
London 162 miles
Liverpool 55 miles
Manchester 41 miles
Nottingham 55 miles

Other places called Newcastle

Other places in the UK called Newcastle include:

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
• Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed
• Little Newcastle, Haverfordwest, Dyfed
• Newcastle, Craven Arms, Shropshire
• Newcastle, Monmouth, Gwent.

Other places across the World called Newcastle include:

• Newcastle, Australia
  www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/
• Neufchâteau, France
  http://www.decopole.com/
• Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  http://www.ne.ch/neuchatel
• New Castle, Indiana, USA
  http://www.newcastlein.com/
• Neuburg a. d. Donau, Germany
  http://www.neuburg-donau.de/
• Newcastle, South Africa
  http://www.newcastle.co.za/
• Shinshiro, Japan
  http://www.tsc.co.jp/%7Esinsiro
• New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA

For more information on places called Newcastle around the world visit http://www.cybercastle.org/or www.newcastles.net/