NEW MURAL ON GROAT MARKET
BOBZILLA MURAL LANDS AT CATHEDRAL SQUARE IN NEWCASTLE A massive mural, from the graphic artist Bobzilla, has now landed on the side of Cathedral Square, Newcastle. Monument Real Estate Management (‘Monument’) and Newcastle NE1 (‘NE1’) jointly launched a competition at the end of last year to install mural at the building. Bobzilla was finally chosen from a total of […]
LEARNING FROM OTHERS: NEWCASTLE PROJECTS FIELD TRIP
On Friday 22nd November 2019 a group of 12 heritage professionals attended a field trip led by the Bigg Market Project Manager to a number of projects that are either underway or imminent within Newcastle City Centre. During the visit the group learned about the background and future objectives of each project as well as […]
A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE BIGG MARKET
Working alongside the wonderful team at Northern Stars Production NE1 have commissioned a film entitled “A People’s History of the Bigg Market” in which characters from the area past and present recount their memories of the once thriving place. A private screening for all of the film’s contributors is being held on the 23rd May […]
RICS MATRICS EVENT
On the 21st March 2019 some 50 members of the RICS Matrics North East group visited the Bigg Market for a walking tour and a talk from the Project Manager. The aim of the event was to educate the future professionals about the history of the area as well as share with them the plans […]
INCOMING INVESTMENTS: THOMSON HOUSE
Former home of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle and The Journal to become two new hotels in a scheme worth £24m The plans have been revealed a year after publishers of the Chronicle, Journal and Sunday Sun moved to new offices. This latest development will see investment figures for the area surpass £65m. Read the full […]
COLLABORATIONS: NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY
As part of NE1’s £3.2 million National Lottery Heritage Funded Bigg Market regeneration scheme, final year students from Northumbria’s Interaction Design BA (Hons) programme were given a live brief, inviting them to come up with ideas for digital installations which would reflect the area’s historic past, and attract new audiences. Read the full story here […]
BIGG MARKET BASH
NE1 invites you to come along and help celebrate the launch of the newly completed Bigg Market public realm with our Bigg Market Bash on Saturday 13th April! As part of our redevelopment of Newcastle’s historic Bigg Market, we will be operating a free family friendly launch event that you won’t want to miss. You […]
NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT PROJECT
Since September 2018, final year students enrolled on the BA (Hons) Interaction design course have been working on a live brief via the Bigg Market project activity plan. The brief challenges the students to develop concepts using interaction design to engage new audiences to the area. You can view the full brief here. On the […]
A VISIT FROM THE NATIONAL TRUST
On 20th December 2018 we were joined by a number of National Trust employees for a hard hat tour of the Bigg Market project. Their visit forms part of the Bigg Market activity plan and gave the participants a chance to learn about the history and heritage of the area as well as observe various […]
BIGG MARKET, CASTLE & CATHEDRAL – EXPLORING OLD NEWCASTLE
As part of the Bigg Market HLF project Activity Plan, NE1 have commissioned Newcastle Castle to produce a number of learning modules and resource packs to be delivered as part of their regular educational programme. The first of which is a guided tour of Old Newcastle taking in the Bigg Market, Castle and the area […]