Thames Street
Newport's main street along the harbour, lined with boutiques, restaurants and bars in colonial-era buildings; the centre for shopping and dining.
Thames Street runs parallel to the harbour and is the commercial spine of downtown Newport. Its buildings, mostly brick and timber from the 18th and 19th centuries, house clothing shops, nautical-style homeware stores, ice cream parlours, bars and restaurants. Lanes leading west connect to the various wharves. The northern stretch of Bellevue Avenue and nearby Spring Street, which run alongside, also have plenty of galleries. The bar scene is lively in the evening, and crowds are dense on summer weekends.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Trinity Church
- Bowen's Wharf & Bannister's Wharf
- Brick Market & Museum of Newport History
- Touro Synagogue
- White Horse Tavern
- St. Mary's Church
- Newport Tower
- Redwood Library and Athenaeum