A mini guide to
Places worth your time in Tynemouth
Top places
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Ruined Benedictine priory and castle on the headland at the mouth of the Tyne, entered through a 14th-century gatehouse; English Heritage.
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Monument to Admiral Lord Collingwood, Nelson's second-in-command at Trafalgar, with a base by John Dobson.
Long sandy beach between Tynemouth and Cullercoats, used by surfers and walkers.
Small sandy bay below the priory headland, reached by steps from Front Street.
Breakwater pier running out from below the priory to protect the river mouth.
Museum of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade in its watch house above the Black Middens.
Rocky reef at the mouth of the Tyne, notorious for the danger it posed to shipping.
Working fishing port at the mouth of the Tyne, established in 1225 as a fishermen's settlement.
17th-century gun battery from the Anglo-Dutch Wars, now a scheduled monument on the Fish Quay.
Passenger ferry run by Nexus between North Shields and South Shields, the last ferry across the Tyne.
Public park between Tynemouth and North Shields with a herb garden and bowling greens.
Coastal village with a semicircular sandy bay and cliffs, between Tynemouth and Whitley Bay.
Newcastle University's marine research and teaching laboratory on the seafront at Cullercoats.
Newcastle and Gateshead
Seven bridges, two riverbanks and the oldest streets in the city
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Classical streets, the Grainger Market, museums and the cathedral
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A valley of workshops, pubs and children's books, and a wooded dene
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