Newcastle has a proud reputation as one of, if not THE party capital cities of the UK, but while you can most definitely have a wicked night out in the Toon, some of its most famous nightspots have long since closed. For decades, both locals and visitors to the city have hit the dancefloors in an array of bars and clubs and, although popular haunts like Cosy Joes , Popworld, Flares and Tup Tup are still open and often packed to the rafters, many of their fallen comrades have long since played their last tune. From the Bigg Market to the Quayside and The Gate to Grey Street, there are plenty of venues that have bit the dust but whose legacies definitely live on.
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A place that deservedly wrote itself into Geordie folklore as the number one place to party for a time. With a shark above its door, Baja was a club where you could dance like no-one was watching, see Spice Girls and Village People in the same night, pop a falling balloon in the hope of winning a prize and finish it all off with a burger and chips from the beach shack upstairs. It closed its doors .