Situated in Newcastle’s most prestigious retail environment, Northumberland Street is the shopping Capital of the North East. It is home to a wide range of different retailers, banks and eateries, and it houses the main entry point to Eldon Square Shopping Centre. In terms of rental per square foot, Northumberland Street is the most expensive location in the UK outside of London to own a shop, and historically had the first departmental store Bainbridge’s, which is now known as John Lewis. With 34 million annual footfall and 8 billion total available retail expenditure, Northumberland Street now sits proudly within the top ten city centre retail hot spots of the UK.