Newcastle upon Tyne Quayside 3D Model · 9cm Architectural City Sculpture · Tyne Bridges Quayside Model · Made in Sheffield · Cityform

Newcastle upon Tyne rendered as a 1 km topographic city model centred on the Tyne bridges. The model covers the Quayside, the river itself and the Gateshead bank opposite.

The Tyne Bridge opened in 1928, built by Dorman Long to a design by Mott, Hay and Anderson, and its arch still sets the skyline. Upstream stand Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge of 1849 and the Swing Bridge of 1876, which sits on the line of the Roman and medieval crossings.

SPECIFICATION 9cm × 9cm cityscape on a 105 × 105 × 17 mm base · 1:11000 scale · ~1 km × 1 km area · white PLA, matte finish · black ribbed base, white relief · stainless-steel laser-engraved label

STAND Black base by default; a white base is free on request. Message before ordering.

MADE TO ORDER Each model is printed to order in Sheffield. Production typically takes up to 7 working days, after which the model ships by Royal Mail Tracked 48. Free UK shipping.

PACKAGING Each model comes with its own 3D-printed storage case that holds it safely between displays, wrapped in a kraft mailer and shipped in a cardboard box or padded bubble bag, with a Cityform thank-you card that carries the data attribution. Optional personal message can be added at checkout.

THE COLLECTION Part of the Cityform catalogue of British city models. Further Newcastle upon Tyne areas and other UK cities follow.

FAQ Q. What does the model show? A. Building footprints, building heights measured from LIDAR rather than estimated, and the underlying topography of the ground itself. Roads are engraved as shallow grooves, water is cut hollow below the surface, and bridges carry across as solid decks rather than free-standing spans. Everything is held at true 1:11000 scale with no vertical exaggeration, so the relief is the real measured shape of that square kilometre.

Q. How are bridges and fine structures printed? A. Each plate is one continuous 3D print, so anything that would hang in mid-air is filled in for strength. A bridge prints as a solid deck joined to the ground on each bank — the open gap beneath it, and the cables or piers that hold a real span, are closed in rather than left floating. Fine features such as railings or a single narrow footbridge can merge into the surface. Footprints and positions stay true to the survey; only the unsupported structure underneath is solidified, so the model survives handling and shipping.

Q. How long until it ships? A. Each model is printed to order in Sheffield, so production takes up to 7 working days before dispatch. It then ships by Royal Mail Tracked 48, which is 2–3 days within the UK, and a tracking number is emailed when the parcel is handed over. UK delivery is free. International shipping isn't available at launch.

Q. Can I request a different area or city? A. Yes. The custom-coordinates listing covers any UK location at the same 9 cm × 9 cm format and 1:11000 scale, so you can centre the square kilometre wherever you like — a childhood street, a university, a harbour. You can also message the shop with an area you'd like added to the standing catalogue, and it may become a ready-to-ship model for everyone.

Q. Why black and white? A. The black ribbed base gives the topography enough contrast to read at a glance, while the white relief shows the building geometry without competing with the base beneath it. It is a deliberate, restrained palette that keeps attention on the measured shape of the city rather than on colour. A white base is free on request — just message before ordering.

Q. Where does the data come from? A. Building heights and ground terrain come from national aerial LIDAR — the Environment Agency in England, the Scottish Remote Sensing Portal in Scotland, and Natural Resources Wales in Wales — accurate to a few centimetres. Building footprints, water, and the street grid come from OpenStreetMap. Both are open data, released under the Open Government Licence and the ODbL respectively, and the required attribution is printed on the thank-you card inside every order.

Q. Which bridges are on the model? A. The square takes in the Tyne Bridge, the Swing Bridge and the High Level Bridge, with the River Tyne running the full width of the plate.

DATA & ATTRIBUTION Geometry: Environment Agency LIDAR. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). Footprints + water: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under ODbL (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Attribution ships with every order.