Galleries: A year in the life of the Town Moor
Meeting at the Mela
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The annual Newcastle Mela brings a taste of the food and culture of South Asia to Exhibition Park.
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Howling winds, blustering snow and pouring rain only add to the Town Moor's charms.
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Runners and spectators stream across the Town Moor for the annual Great North Run from Newcastle to South Shields.
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As the air chills and the cows prepare to leave, the town moor sparkles with autumn dew.
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Spring brings birds, cows, photographers and a sound recordist to Newcastle's Town Moor.
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From the dawn chorus to budding flora, Jacky Longstaff captures spring on Newcastle's Town Moor.
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Kaleel Zibe's lens is focused upwards and trained on Newcastle Town Moor's avian fauna.
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Newcastle's Town Moor provides a safe and fruitful haven for wintering birds.
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Come autumn the cattle must swap the Town Moor for their indoor winter quarters.
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Winter arrives and ice and frost cover Newcastle's Town Moor.
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As the seasons cycle new school pupils plant and harvest in their own patch of Town Moor.
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Newcastle's Town Moor is teeming with life you might never see if it was not for the forensic lens of photographer Kaleel Zibe and his astonishing close-ups.
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For the police helicopter, Newcastle's Town Moor is both a landmark and a place to land. Take-off reveals the "green grass in daylight or a big black hole at night."
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In the last week of June, the Town Moor is home to one of Europe's largest travelling fairs - the Hoppings.
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Summer brings hordes of people to join the animals, birds and insects on the Town Moor.