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Gateshead

(1.2 miles, 2.0 km, direction NE)

The urban sprawl of Gateshead rises majestically skywards in a seemingly endless mixture of concrete and glass. Gateshead stretches for almost 13 miles along the banks of the River Tyne...

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Newcastle upon Tyne

(3.1 miles, 4.9 km, direction N)

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.....

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Beamish

(4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction S)

Beamish is famous for its lovely open-air museum which so vividly brings to life how the folk of the region lived at the turn of the 20th century...

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Washington

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction SE)

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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...

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Penshaw

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction SE)

Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington...

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Sunderland

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction E)

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

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Cullercoats

(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction NE)

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

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Durham

(11.0 miles, 17.8 km, direction S)

Durham as a town reflects the long history of its magnificent castle and cathedral with its winding streets, ancient market place and alleyways and other old churches to discover.....

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Seaton Sluice

(11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction NE)

For centuries salt had been panned in the region, at this time the village was known as Hartley Pans, but this appears to have changed following the building of a harbour with a sluice at the harbour mouth...

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