📌 Town in Tyne & Wear
★★★
Coastal Tynemouth sits on the north side of the Tyne breakwaters, eight miles east of Newcastle city centre. This seaside resort merges seamlessly with neighbouring North Shields and Whitley Bay, but seems cut from an entirely different cloth; unlike with its traffic-choked neighbours, Tynemouth feels like an affluent market town, with a wide main street flanked by colourful shop and restaurant frontages. The useful metro station is found at the inland end of the street, while at the other end, the gatehouse of Tynemouth Priory and Castle dominates the view. Built on a headland, the priory’s grounds offer excellent views over Short Sands beach, beyond which you’ll find the more extensive Longsands, an aquarium and fun park (with boating pond, maze and adventure golf). Visiting all the local attractions merits a full day – hopefully accompanied by warm, sunny weather rather than one of the easterly gales which the town lies fully exposed to.
🌍 Location
📌 Tyne & Wear
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NZ 369694
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.017506,-1.423733
🚶 Tynemouth Priory & the town beaches are an easy walk from the town centre or metro station; the aquarium is a little further up the coast.
🚇🚌 There is a metro station with direct connections to Newcastle city centre & other Tyneside suburbs. Local buses serve Newcastle, Whitley Bay & areas in between.
🚗 There is a useful free car park at Prior’s Haven; other parking is mostly pay & display.
Explore nearby
<1 mi away
>> Old Low Light ★★
>> Tynemouth Longsands ★★★
>> Tynemouth Priory and Castle ★★★★
>> Tynemouth Short Sands ★★★
<3 mi away
>> Cullercoats Bay ★★★ (1 mi ↑)
>> Tynemouth Aquarium ★★★ (1 mi ↑)
>> Whitley Bay page: Whitley Bay ★★ & town sights (2 mi ↑)
