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Heavy industry is now a thing of the past (with the exception of turbine manufacture, a technology invented in Newcastle by [[Sir Charles Algernon Parsons]] of [[Turbinia]] fame). The economy is based on public administration (the Department of Work & Pensions offices on the edge of the city are the biggest concentration of civil servants outside London), local government, food manufacture, education (the city has two higher education institutions, [[Northumbria University]] and the [[University of Newcastle upon Tyne]]), retailing, and leisure & tourism. Newcastle has a thriving night life, based on clubs and bars in the Bigg Market and Quayside areas.

Heavy industry is now a thing of the past (with the exception of turbine manufacture, a technology invented in Newcastle by [[Sir Charles Algernon Parsons]] of [[Turbinia]] fame). The economy is based on public administration (the Department of Work & Pensions offices on the edge of the city are the biggest concentration of civil servants outside London), local government, food manufacture, education (the city has two higher education institutions, [[Northumbria University]] and the [[University of Newcastle upon Tyne]]), retailing, and leisure & tourism. Newcastle has a thriving night life, based on clubs and bars in the Bigg Market and Quayside areas.

Sport plays an important role in Newcastle, principally the local football team, [[Newcastle United Football Club]], who play at St James' Park in the city centre. There is also a successful rugby union team, the [[Newcastle Falcons]], and basketball and speedway teams. Horse racing takes place at [[Gosforth]] Park, and greyhound racing and speedway at Brough Park in [[Byker]]. Newcastle is the starting point for the world's largest road race, the [[Great North Run]]. Every year in the early autumn tens of thousands of people run this half-marathon along public roads between Newcastle and [[South Shields]].

Sport plays an important role in Newcastle, principally the local football team, [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United Football Club]], who play at St James' Park in the city centre. There is also a successful rugby union team, the [[Newcastle Falcons]], and basketball and speedway teams. Horse racing takes place at [[Gosforth]] Park, and greyhound racing and speedway at Brough Park in [[Byker]]. Newcastle is the starting point for the world's largest road race, the [[Great North Run]]. Every year in the early autumn tens of thousands of people run this half-marathon along public roads between Newcastle and [[South Shields]].

Major suburbs of Newcastle include [[Benwell]] [[Byker]], [[Elswick]], [[Fenham]], [[Gosforth]], [[Heaton]], [[Jesmond]], [[Walker]], and [[Westerhope]].

Major suburbs of Newcastle include [[Benwell]] [[Byker]], [[Elswick]], [[Fenham]], [[Gosforth]], [[Heaton]], [[Jesmond]], [[Walker]], and [[Westerhope]].