Newcastle pharmacies opening hours Easter 2022: what time are Boots and Lloyds open on bank holiday weekend?

Finding a pharmacy that is open near to you can be tricky during bank holiday weekends, and the upcoming Easter weekend brings with it not one, but two bank holidays.

Like with many businesses, pharmacies will either have different opening times than usual this weekend or will be closed for most days until Tuesday, 19 April.

To help you find out which pharmacies will be open this weekend, we’ve looked at the opening times of branches of two chain pharmacies in our city this weekend.

When are the Easter bank holidays?

The 2022 Easter bank holidays are Good Friday and Easter Monday. The dates of these are Friday, 15 April and Monday, 18 April.

Boots

Newcastle Blackett Street - 35 Blackett Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7AN

Good Friday, 15 April: 10am-9pm

Easter Saturday, 16 April: 8am-8pm

Easter Sunday, 17 April: Closed

Easter Monday, 18 April: Closed

Newcastle Eldon Square - Hotspur Way, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 7XE

Good Friday, 15 April: 9am-6pm

Easter Saturday, 16 April: 8am-6.30pm

Easter Sunday, 17 April: Closed

Easter Monday, 18 April: 9am-6pm

Gateshead Trinity Square - 13 - 15 Ellison Walk, Trinity Square, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 1BF

Good Friday, 15 April: 10am-2pm

Easter Saturday, 16 April: 8am-5.30pm

Easter Sunday, 17 April: Closed

Easter Monday, 18 April: 10am-2pm

Newcastle Heaton - 293-295 Chillingham Road, Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 5LL

Good Friday, 15 April: Closed

Easter Saturday, 16 April: 8.45am-5.30pm

Easter Sunday, 17 April: 10am-5pm

Easter Monday, 18 April: Closed

Gateshead MetroCentre - 46-52 Cameron Walk, Gateshead, County Durham, NE11 9YQ

Good Friday, 15 April: 9am-6pm

Easter Saturday, 16 April: 9am-9pm

Easter Sunday, 17 April: Closed

Easter Monday, 18 April: 9am-6pm

Newcastle Fenham Two Ball Lonnen - 295 Two Ball Lonnen, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 9RX

Good Friday, 15 April: Closed

Easter Saturday, 16 April: 9am-5pm

Easter Sunday, 17 April: 2pm-4pm

Easter Monday, 18 April: Closed

Newcastle Gosforth - 13 The Gosforth Ctr, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE3 1JZ

Good Friday, 15 April: Closed

Easter Saturday, 16 April: 9am-5pm

Easter Sunday, 17 April: Closed

Easter Monday, 18 April: 11am-1pm

Lloyds Pharmacy

Lloyds Pharmacy have said that opening times across the Easter weekend will be updated during the weekend.

To keep track of the opening times of these branches and others across Birmingham, visit the Lloyds Pharmacy store locator  

According to the Lloyds pharmacy bank holiday opening times on the company website, there are general opening times for customer service phone lines. These are not specific to any location.

These times are listed below.

• Friday 15 April: Closed
• Saturday 16 April: 9am-1pm  
• Sunday 17 April: Closed  
• Monday 18 April: Closed
• Tuesday 19 April: 9am-5.30pm
• Wednesday 20 April: 9am-5.30pm

Although the opening times for branches in and around Newcastle are not on the Lloyds website, it is possible to find out information about your nearest store.

Below are the five Lloyds stores closest to Newcastle Central Station.

• 141 Beaconsfield Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, NE4 5JP
• Watson Street, Gateshead, Teams, UK, NE8 2PQ
• Adj Prospect Medical Group, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 501 Westgate Road, UK, NE4 8AY
• 168 West Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, NE4 9QB
• 436 Welbeck Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, NE6 2NY