ChinaTown at Newcastle Upon Tyne is one of only 5 ChinaTown in the UK (United Kingdom), with the other four being in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool.
However, Newcastle ChinaTown is not just restaurants. Newcastle China Town has much more life than just restaurants. Newcastle has a very large multi-cultural population, in which a high percentage is Chinese from all over the world like Hongkong, mainland China, Taiwan, and South East Asia (i.e. Malaysia, Singapore).
Today, the community is more than 35,000 Chinese residents living in Newcastle and its surrounding areas (this includes the ever increasing Overseas Chinese students from mainland China, Hongkong, Taiwan, and many parts of South East Asia) and at its heart is Stowell Street in Newcastle. It boasts an enticing collection of restaurants, supermarkets, shops, cafes, travel agents, housing agents, health centres, beauty salons, technology shops, legal services, financial services, a bustling Chinese community centre and many others.