Arts venue · South Shields
The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, is a venue for meetings, corporate events, training sessions, workshops and conferences. It has flexible rooms including The Round, a creative space on the 3rd floor with a large screen and built-in sound system with 2 microphones, the Charles Dickens Room with an interactive touch screen, and the Catherine Cookson Room, which can be set up theatre style, boardroom style, classroom style or u-shape and has touch screen equipment.
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Its website: theworduk.org
From its own website, read on 26 Oct 2026. Check prices and when it is free with The Word, National Centre for the Written Word itself.
Address: The Word, 45 Market Place, South Shields, NE33 1JF
Area: South Shields, South Tyneside, the North East Combined Authority area
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