Gatesheed t giv it it's Geordie pronounciation is a city, gone a bit down hill in the city center and not that big a shopping area, one main street. There is the Sage and the Baltic (I personally think that's sh*te). It does cover quite a big area housing wise and a 15 minute bus journey from the city center is the Metrocenter, biggest shopping center in Europe. Anyway you must know the famous bridge and the river Tyne, well Newcastle one side and Gatesheed the other!
