The Hillheads Public House

You'll find yourself in a proper working-class pub that hasn't been Instagram-fied or mucked about with. Walk in and you're greeted by the sort of convivial chaos that only happens when a place actually belongs to its community — the kind where someone's definitely on their third pint by lunchtime and nobody bats an eyelid. The Hillheads has that lived-in, authentic feel that's becoming rarer in Newcastle, where locals prop up the bar talking football, and the landlord pours a decent pint without any pretence. It's the sort of place you stumble upon and immediately think, 'why haven't I been here before?'