The event was moved to its present location, Town Moor, in 1778.

Condemned prisoners would be taken from there along Gallowgate to the gallows on the Town Moor.

Purvis had set up a booth at the Newcastle Races on the Town Moor.

For the first six years the club began playing their games wherever they could, on playing fields at Town Moor and the Racecourse.

This was similar to The Hoppings on Newcastle's Town Moor.

Town Moor may refer to:

Another green space in Newcastle is the Town Moor, lying immediately north of the city centre.

The Town Moor is a large area of common land in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The area of common land is actually split up into two sections, of which the Town Moor is but the major part.

The council are also in the planning stages of a new event with 'broader appeal' which may also include a funfair held on the Town Moor.