The Ouseburn Valley

Best time: Saturday from noon, when all six are open (Donzoko opens at noon on Saturday). Thursday or Friday from about 5pm also works. Monday to Wednesday, skip Donzoko. Opening hours change, so check each venue before you set off.

The stops

1. 

   The Free Trade Inn

   12 St Lawrence Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1AP · Manors (Metro), about 10 min walk; Quayside buses (QuayLink) stop nearby

   Fiercely independent free house with probably the best view in Newcastle: the Tyne bridges stacked up to the west from its tiered beer garden. Up to nine changing cask and keg beers, five ciders and a big fridge of imported bottles; CAMRA Tyneside Pub of the Year 2013 and 2017. Open every day 11am–11pm.

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2. 

   The Tyne Bar

   1 Maling Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1LP · Manors (Metro), about 12 min walk

   Ouseburn original since 1994, where the Ouseburn meets the Tyne, with a famous beer garden sheltered under the arch of a road bridge. Always at least three Wylam beers alongside other cask and craft, food daily noon–9pm and free live blues every Sunday from 4pm. Open Monday to Thursday noon–11pm, Friday and Saturday noon–midnight, Sunday noon–10:30pm.

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3. 

   Brinkburn St Brewery, Bar & Kitchen

   Unit 1A, Ford Street, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1NW · Byker (Metro), about 12 min walk

   Ouseburn brewery founded in 2015, with a quirky taphouse and kitchen beside the microbrewery. Usually 15 or more of its own beers on cask and keg, such as Tyne Titans session IPA and Byker Brown Ale, plus monthly six-beer flights and brewery tours. Open Monday noon–9pm, Tuesday and Wednesday noon–10pm, Thursday noon–11pm, Friday and Saturday 11am–midnight, Sunday noon–8pm.

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4. 

   The Cumberland Arms

   James Place Street (off Byker Bank), Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1LD · Byker (Metro), about 8 min walk

   Little-changed hilltop free house, rebuilt over a century ago, looking down over the Ouseburn. Seven handpulls and four keg lines, house beers brewed by Allendale, and a multiple-award-winning cider and perry range of up to eight. Home of Newcastle's folk scene, with sessions in the back bar most nights. Open every day noon–11pm.

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5. 

   The Ship Inn

   Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2PW · Manors (Metro), about 12 min walk

   One of the oldest pubs in the Ouseburn (early 1800s), now loved for its all-vegan kitchen, real ales and cask ciders, board games and dogs. Open Monday to Thursday noon–11pm, Friday and Saturday noon–midnight, Sunday noon–10pm.

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6. 

   Donzoko Brewery & Taproom

   Stepney Bank, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2NP · Manors (Metro), about 12 min walk

   Reece Hugill's German-inspired lager brewery, best known for Northern Helles and its foamy kellerbiers, which got its own Ouseburn brewery and taproom in 2024. Long wooden bar and church-style seating among the tanks. Open Thursday and Friday 5pm–10:30pm, Saturday noon–10:30pm, Sunday noon–9pm.

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Start at the Free Trade, a 15-minute walk east along the Quayside from the Tyne Bridge, and finish on Stepney Bank, about 12 minutes from Manors Metro.

Brinkburn St to the Cumberland Arms is a steep climb up Byker Bank; the walk back down to the Ship on Stepney Bank is easier.

Food: Brinkburn St and the Tyne Bar have full kitchens, and the Ship's menu is all vegan.

Optional extra: Full Circle Brew Co's big glass-fronted taproom at Hoults Yard (Walker Road, NE6 2HL) is about 15 minutes' walk east of the Free Trade and opens Wednesday to Sunday; Full Circle also opened a pub in Fenwick in the city centre in October 2026.

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