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A view of Cullercoats in Tyne & Wear.

Cullercoats (4 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear

(1.2 miles, 2.0 km, direction N of Preston)

Cullercoats has many pleasing aspects including a picturesque 19th century church in a commanding position close to the shoreline...

St.Bedes monastery in Jarrow, Tyne And Wear

Jarrow (4 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear

(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction SW of Preston)

This is the town that is famous for the 1930's "Hunger March" caused by the intense poverty that followed the closing of the Charles Palmer shipyard. The last of the surviving marchers, Cornelius Whalen died in 2003 at the age of 93...

St. Nicholas's Cathedral

Newcastle upon Tyne (330 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Tyne & Wear

(7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction W of Preston)

This important City was known as Pons Aelii in Roman times; the Romans built the first bridge over the River Tyne, it was guarded by a Roman fort which was replaced by a castle.....

Sunderland seafront

Sunderland (267 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction S of Preston)

Sunderland was granted a charter in 1145, the charter gave it market rights and thus the town grew slowly from humble beginnings...

Blyth Harbour, Northumberland

Blyth (7 Pictures) in the county of Northumberland

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction N of Preston)

An attractive old place, with a long seafaring history, the port of Blyth is believed to date back to the 12th-century...

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Tynemouth Castle, England

Tynemouth Castle (9 Pictures)

(0.9 miles, 1.5 km)

The haunting, intermingaled ruins of Tynemouth Castle and Priory stand on a headland above the River Tyne. Between them they.....

Arbeia Roman Fort at the Lawe Top in South Shields

Arbeia Roman Fort (4 Pictures)

(1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

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Tynemouth Priory, Tynemouth

Tynemouth Priory (13 Pictures)

(1.0 miles, 1.7 km)

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Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland

Seaton Delaval Hall (5 Pictures)

(5.1 miles, 8.1 km, direction N)

This house with its beautiful baroque work and wonderful ionic columns is the work of a man who was both inventive playwright and.....

Hylton Castle, Sunderland, tyne & WEAR

Hylton Castle (15 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction S)

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Baltic Centre Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

Baltic Centre (3 Pictures)

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction SW)

The Baltic Centre is a new £46m art gallery on the banks of the Tyne and is the latest evidence of the area's growing cultural.....

THE KEEP @ NEWCASTLE

The Castle (4 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction W)

On returning from a raid into Scotland, Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror built a castle calling it his `New.....


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