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Contact us at:
The Alan Shearer Centre,
West Denton Hall, West Denton,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 7LT
General Enquiries :
Telephone: 0191 267 8118 Fax: 0191 267 5540
Email: enquiries@alanshearercentre.org.uk
For more information about the Activity Centre
contact Claire Atkinson on 0191 267 8118 or email
enquiries@alanshearercentre.org.uk
For more information on Short Breaks
contact Carol Harrison on 0191 267 8128 or email
shortbreak@alanshearercentre.org.uk
How to get to the Alan Shearer Centre
Map to the Alan Shearer Centre (local)
Map to the Alan Shearer Centre (Newcastle/Gateshead)
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By Car from the A1
Take the turning for the A69 signposted towards Hexham, off the A1 motorway.
Pass under two footbridges, after the second bridge there is a slip road signposted Lemington, take this up to the roundabout and take your 1st exit onto Union Hall Road signposted Lemington Cemetery & Village.
Turn left at the 1st set of traffic lights onto West Denton Road signposted Claremont Avenue and continue on this road all the way
down into the entrance for the Centre.
By Bus from Newcastle City Centre
There is a bus stop outside the Centre. Numbers 10, 13, 39, 40,
684 and X82 stop here. Ask for St Vincent's or the stop before
Lemington Road Ends
By Train
Newcastle Central is the nearest station. There are taxi ranks outside the station or you can take bus number 10 (see above)
Accessible Taxis
ACCESS CABS Tel 0800 511 512 - Mobility Specialists
Nexus Link Up
LinkUp provides journeys at times when regular services are not operating or where direct services are not available. Nexus has created 16 areas throughout Tyne & Wear.
Passengers must call to book LinkUp for any journey providing it is within one of these areas.
See Nexus Link Up website
TaxiLink
TaxiLink is a door to door service, using accessible taxis.
The service has to be booked in advance. To qualify for the TaxiLink
you will have to be in receipt of one of the following:
• High Rate Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance
• Attendance Allowance; or are
• Registered as severely visually impaired or blind.
See Nexus TaxiLink website
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