The Keel Row

Close to the entrance of this pub - inside The Gate development - is a stylised boat with a curved sail, recalling the keel boats which once carried coal out to collier boats waiting on the Tyne.

This pub is on a busy internal street, lit by a profusion of coloured, neon lights. The pub is on the 'Cityside' of the street, facing 'Quayside'. The well-known song 'The Keel Row' recalls the heyday of the keelmen, while the former Keelmen's Hospital, founded in 1701, still stands on City Road.