need help/info re parking in NEWCASTLE near metro arena please!

[gigglinggoblin]

we are supposed be going to see the thomas show soon (thanks mumsnet!) and control freak dp is getting worried about where to park as its an hours drive, the show starts at 10.30 and we dont have time to mess about finding a space. can use multimap to find street names and stuff if anyone can give me them. oh, and we are going on a saturday so poss not a good day for parking.

any help please???

If you go early, then you might be ok for parking
plenty of space near stowell street (china town - but you would need to get there by 9 ish...) it is about a 1 min walk from there

alternatively you could park slightly out of town, metro into central station then walk from there - always fun for the little ones....
let me know if you want metro info

15 min walk from stoweel street not 1 min

omg, a metro, the kids will explode with excitement! thanks for replying, thats a wonderful idea. just googled for it and the £3.40 unlimited metro and ferry ticket could keep us amused all day would def like to park outside city centre if poss. we are coming from carlisle direction, any idea of a good place to get the metro from? is it very reliable?

metro is brill
extremely reliable
very regular
kids will love it - ds1 thinks he has been on holiday if we go on the metro!!!!

i have 2 train mad boys, they will think it is xmas come early. thank you, that has made things so much easier!

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thanks popsycal, will do!