Places of worship

Where’s my local place of worship?

There are many different faiths that are celebrated in Newcastle. You can find a number of places of worship and communities using the links to the right of the page.

Placs of worship and other religious groups play a large role in the community. They may run activities such as:

• Social gatherings: lunch clubs, coffee mornings
• Music and singing
• Children’s activities
• Food Bank: Emergency food collection points
• Health and wellbeing sessions
• Advice and support

Contact them to find out what is happening locally. All of the contact details are listed at the bottom of the page.

Check the accessibility of the centre before you visit

AccessAble can help you to plan your trips to places like cinemas, theatres, restaurants, railway stations, hotels, colleges, universities, hospitals and more. They visit and review the accessibility of places in Newcastle. Use their directory of venues to find wheelchair friendly venues, read more about facilities and disabled access available. Such as:

• photos of the facilities
• entrance to the building
• accessible toilets or changing places
• how easy it is to move around the venue
• lifts
• transport and parking
• dementia friendly
• quiet or safe space
• sign language

Baha’i

• Newcastle Baha’i

Buddhist

• Compassion Buddhist Centre
• Diamond Way Buddhist Centre
• Newcastle Buddhist Centre

Christian: Church of England, Anglican and Protestant

• Newcastle Cathedral (St Nicholas Cathedral)
• Church of the Ascension
• Church of God, Walkergate
• Christ Church, Shieldfield
• The Gateway Church, Cruddas Park, Kingston Park and Pendower, Benwell and West Denton
• Holy Cross Church, Fenham
• Holy Spirit, Denton
• Holy Trinity, Jesmond
• Jesmond Parish Church
• St Aidan’s Church, Brunton Park
• St Andrew’s Church of Scotland, Jesmond
• St Anthony of Egypt, Walker
• St Bartholomew’s, Benton
• St Cuthbert’s Church, Brunswick Village
• St Gabriel’s, Heaton
• St George’s, Jesmond
• St Hilda’s, Jesmond
• St James Church, Benwell Lane
• St James’ & St Basil’s, Fenham
• St Joseph’s Church, Benwell
• St Luke’s, Spital Tongues
• St Martin’s Church, Byker
• St Mary Magdalene, Longbenton
• St Mary the Virgin Church, Throckley
• St Matthews Church, Dinnington
• St Matthew’s Church, Elswick
• St Michael and All Angels Church
• St Nicholas, Gosforth
• St Peter’s, Cowgate
• St Silas, Byker
• St Thomas the Martyr, City Centre
• The Venerable Bede Church
• Walker Parish Centre (Christ Church, Walker)

Christian shared church: Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reform Church

St Johns Chruch, Kingston Park is a Local Ecumenical Partnership, a shared church with Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Church.

Christian: Baptist

• Heaton Baptist
• St John the Baptist, Benwell
• St John the Baptist, Westgate
• Westgate Baptist Church

Christian: Catholic

• University Catholic Chaplaincy (Newcastle and Northumbria Universities)
• Holy Name, Jesmond
• Holy Spirit Church in Denton
• Our Lady and St Vincent’s
• Our Lady of Lourdes at Newcastle Deaf Centre, Summerhill
• Our Lady of Czestochowa
• St Andrew’s, City Centre
• St Charles’, Gosforth
• St Cuthbert, Throckley
• St Dominic’s, New Bridge Street
• St John Vianney Church, West Denton
• St Lawrence, Byker
• St Mary’s Cathedral, City Centre
• St Michael’s Church, Elswick
• St Robert’s, Fenham
• St Teresa’s, Heaton

Christian: Independent

• Blakelaw Community Church
• Christ Church, Heaton
• Church in the Park
• City Church
• Destiny Church
• Elim Pentecostal, Heaton
• Hillsong Newcastle
• Life Vineyard Church, Gosforth
• Northern Lights Metropolitan (see St James’ URC below)
• Regent Chapel, Gosforth
• King’s Castle, Byker (Czech Slovak)
• St George’s United Reformed Church, Heaton
• St James’ United Reformed Church (Chinese Christian and Northern Lights MCC)
• St Thomas the Martyr, Haymarket
• Welbeck Road Evangelical Church
• United Reformed Church, Jesmond
• West Denton Church

Christian: Methodist

• Blucher Methodist Church
• Brunswick Methodist Church
• Denton Burn Methodist Church
• Jesmond Methodist Church
• Lemington Methodist Church
• Westerhope Methodist Church

Christian: Orthodox

• St George & St Athanasius, Fenham
• St George Russian Orthodox, Jesmond
• St Anthony the Great Greek Orthodox Church

Christian: Quaker

• Quakers in Newcastle, Gosforth

Christian: Salvation Army

• Newcastle City Temple

Hare Krishna

• ISKCON Newcastle, Fenham

Hindu

•  Hindu Temple, Fenham

Jehovah Witnesses

• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses, Benwell

Judaism

• Newcastle Reform Synagogue, Gosforth
• United Hebrew Congregation

Muslim

• Gosforth Prayer Hall
• Heaton Mosque
• Madina Masjid
• Newcastle Central Mosque

Mormon

• The Church of the Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints (Mormon)

Sikh

• Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Fenham

University Chaplaincy

• Newcastle University Chaplaincy
• University Catholic Chaplaincy Northumbria and Newcastle University

Places with multi faith spaces

Newcastle sixth form college has a multi faith prayer room

Newcastle Airport has a multi faith prayer room

Northumbria University has multi faith prayer rooms, spiritual common rooms and a Muslim prayer facility across their campuses

Newcastle University have quiet spaces that can be used for multi faith prayer across their campuses and a Muslim prayer space in the King George VI building.

Last updated: February 9, 2024