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Top 15 Things to Do on a

Our hometown of Newcastle is one of our bestselling stag do locations! From boozing in the Bigg Market to VR Shooting, it's all going on in the toon. Take a look at our top 15 stag do picks.

1

Bigg Market

Even if you’re not from the area, chances are you’ve heard of The Bigg Market. Known for been rough and rowdy, this is the place to have a crazy night out. Bigg Market isn’t as rough as it used to be and has been done up recently but still retains that loud and crazy spirit with mega bars such as Bier Keller, City Vaults and well-known karaoke joint Cosy Joes. This is where you wanna be for your Bigg night out…

Two Polaroid photos of people partying in the Bigg Market
2

Visit St James' Park

If you know anything at all about football, chances are you’ve heard of St James' Park. The home of Newcastle United since 1892, St James’ is the eighth largest football stadium in England, with a seating capacity of 52,350 seats. You can do full access all areas tours, visit the club shop or you could simply have a walk past it, grabbing a pint in The Strawberry, whilst you’re in the area.

Three Polaroid pictures of St James' Football Ground
3

Go Karting

You can satisfy your need for speed/pretend you are in Formula 1 with both outdoor and indoor karting centres that can be found in Newcastle. Team Sport have even started doing , a Mario Kart style of karting where you have speed ups and can even slow other players down, slightly frustrating but definitely hilarious and a great stag do activity.

Two Polaroid pictures of men go karting
4

Bar Crawl

You ‘cannet’ come to Newcastle and not go on a bar crawl. With brilliant boozers such as Bierkeller, which is a banging Bavarian basement found in the Bigg Market, The WonderBar, where you can play e-darts and watch sports, and Flares, a retro party bar playing all the best cheesy throwbacks. You can get a Newcastle Nightlife Wristband for just £12 (min group size four) that will get you into 10+ of the best Newcastle bars and clubs, plus drinks deals and free shots, we wouldn’t recommend doing Newcastle without it.

Three Polaroids of a darts bar, some shots and some people clubbing
5

Shoot a Few Games of Pool

Let’s face it stag dos can be all go go go, so it’s worth having an activity or two that’s a bit more chill in the mix. You can shoot a few games of pool at the brilliant Spot White, a pool hall found in Newcastle’s China Town. It has pool tables a plenty as well as ping pong and darts. They do a great range of drinks and shots and are open till six am!

Two Polaroids of a pool table and someone playing pool
6

A Pint in a typical Geordie boozer

Drink like a local with proper Geordie blokes in a typical Geordie boozer such as the Beehive, Swarleys or Trent House. The Beehive will have you feeling like you have just stepped back in time as it’s an ornate building just bursting with character. With pints that won’t break the bank, and stag accommodation Honeypot House right above it, you’re going to want to make a beeline for this pub…

Three Polaroids of Swarleys pub, Honeypot House and a pub with drinks sitting on the bar
7

Go to a Strip Club

We can’t talk about having a stag do in Newcastle without mentioning going to a strip club. You can get up close and personal with beautiful women with lap clubs such as For Your Eyes Only, which is a popular strip club spread over 10,000 square foot, that can be found just up from the station, and Blue Velvet, which is another well-established gentlemen’s club that has a VIP lounge and thirteen intimate booths.

Two Polaroids of girls pole dancing at a strip club in Newcastle
8

VR Shooting

If you fancy doing some shooting, but you also fancy necking a substantial number of pints, then get yourself down to Point Blank where you can do VR shooting and drink from the comfort of your very own booth. This exciting bar, found within the Gate complex, offers hundreds of virtual shooting scenarios. You can also enjoy table service and keep the drinks on coming without even leaving your booth. Oh, and you’ll get to pick from an armoury of replica guns, how cool!

Three Polaroids of men doing VR shooting
9

Diamond Strip

The Diamond Strip is a phrase first used by the TV program Geordie Shore. It describes the street that you’ll find to the right of the central train station. This popular area is packed full of bars, pubs and clubs such as the retro party bar Flares, the only bar in Newcastle to have a ball pit, and the ever-so-stylish that often has live music playing.

Two Polaroids of a DJ and a group of men all clinking steins
10

Play Mini Golf

A cracking ice breaker if ever there was one. There are several epic places to play a round of mini golf in Newcastle such as , that’s got all sorts of bonkers holes such as the inside of a massive crane grabbing machine and a replica of a pinball machine. Quali-tee!

Three Polaroid pictures of a colourful mini golf course including a hole with a clown's head
11

Hit Up The Stack

The Stack at St James is the ‘official fanzone’ for Newcastle United meaning that the atmosphere here can be absolutely buzzing. There’s a big main stage that does anything from live music to popular pub quizzes. You can also enjoy a range of delicious street food here too from bao buns to delicious burgers.

Two Polaroids of the Stack at St James
12

Urban Axe Throwing

Another chilled-out activity for the itinerary. is basically like darts but with mega big axes. You’ll get an instructor that will teach you all you need to know to throw axes and (hopefully hit the target). This is a super thing you can do in Newcastle city centre, before being let loose on Newcastle’s unbeatable nightlife.

Three Polaroids of axe throwing
13

Beer Bike

Our Newcastle Beer Bike are incredibly popular across the UK and Europe. We have only just got one here in Newcastle and it is a brilliant thing to put in your stag do plans. This unique concept combines sightseeing, cycling and drinking beer. Alongside your pals you will pedal a massive bike around the city centre whilst necking pints. Now that’s something we can get ‘onboard’ with.

Two Polaroids of a stag do doing a beer bike around Newcastle
14

Watch a Football Match

It can be tricky to get tickets for Newcastle United at St James', so we would recommend reserving a spot at the Shark Club Gastro Bar, which is arguably the best place in Newcastle to catch the match at. It has mega big screens screening all sorts of sporting fixtures and absolutely unreal pub grub to munch on whilst you watch. We would highly recommend booking a table as it can get incredibly busy, especially on match days. Alternatively, you could watch a local match with Gateshead FC, Newcastle Blue Star and Whitley Bay FC all being great options.

Three Polaroids of a football ground, a sign reading whey aye man and a bar with football merchandise
15

Do a Greggs Crawl

Did you know there are thirty-one Greggs in Newcastle? Ten are these are in the city centre, which is more than enough to do a Greggs bar crawl if you just can’t get enough of that flaky pastry goodness. The flagship Greggs in Newcastle is the one in The Bigg Market that’s open till 4am every day of the week, apart from Sunday. Remember this info for when it’s the early hours of the morning and nothing but a steak bake will satisfy you.

If you want to know more about having a stag do in our hometown of Newcastle, make sure to take a look at our Newcastle Stag Activities. You can learn more about Newcastle activities, accommodation, nightlife and more by taking a look at our comprehensive Stag Do Guide to Newcastle.

Two Polaroids of Greggs workers serving Greggs

Top 15 Stag Do Activities Summary

  1. Bigg Market
  2. Visit St James' Park
  3. Go Karting
  4. Bar Crawl
  5. Shoot a Few Games of Pool
  6. A Pint in a typical Geordie boozer
  7. Go to a Strip Club
  8. VR Shooting 
  9. Diamond Strip
  10. Play Mini Golf
  11. Hit Up The Stack
  12. Urban Axe Throwing
  13. Beer Bike
  14. Watch a Football Match
  15. Do a Greggs Crawl

About the Author

A graduate in ‘Drama and Scriptwriting’, Hannah is a comedy nerd that loves to write, travel, party and try new things. She’s been to twenty of LNOF’s locations and is looking forward to visiting many more. Hannah has taken part in lots of activity testing with LNOF from beer bikes to axe throwing to escape rooms to go karting. She’s also stayed in many of LNOF’s accommodation options, so she knows what’s good. As well as copywriting, Hannah has had many plays produced professionally and has written/performed comedy sketches for BBC Newcastle. She also won the Hunter Davies Young Writers Award for her piece of travel writing.

Article Updated: 03/12/2025

Hannah Sowerby

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