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Cullercoats harbour. Tyne & Wear

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

(2.3 miles, 3.7 km, direction N of South Shields)

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

(2.6 miles, 4.1 km, direction SW of South Shields)

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...

Grand Hotel outside

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

(6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction S of South Shields)

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

St. Nicholas's Cathedral

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

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction W of South Shields)

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.....

Penshaw Monument, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

Penshaw (34 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction S of South Shields)

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

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Arbeia Roman Fort at the Lawe Top in South Shields

Arbeia Roman Fort (4 Pictures)

(0.4 miles, 0.6 km)

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Tynemouth Castle, England

Tynemouth Castle (9 Pictures)

(1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

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

Tynemouth Priory, Tynemouth

Tynemouth Priory (13 Pictures)

(1.4 miles, 2.2 km, direction N)

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Hylton Castle, Sunderland, tyne & WEAR

Hylton Castle (15 Pictures)

(5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction S)

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Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland

Seaton Delaval Hall (5 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction NW)

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

Mowbray Park, Sunderland

Mowbray Park (6 Pictures)

(6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction S)

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Baltic Centre Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

Baltic Centre (3 Pictures)

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction W)

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.....


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