River Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length is 73 miles. It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North East England
- Also known as: “Tinea” and “Tyne”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herd Groyne Lighthouse and Arbeia.
Herd Groyne Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.
Arbeia
Archaeological site
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arbeia was a large Roman fort in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, now ruined, and which has been partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s.
Black Middens
Reef
The Black Middens is a reef at the mouth of the River Tyne in North East England, noted for the danger it poses to shipping.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tynemouth and South Shields.
Tynemouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tynemouth is a large town in Tyne and Wear in northeast England, nine miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It's the largest of a series of towns on the north bank of the Tyne estuary, running into North Shields to the west and Cullercoats to the north, also described on this page.
South Shields
Town
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South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.
North Shields
Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Shields is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is 8 miles north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.
River Tyne
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“River Tyne” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر تاين”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tyne”
- Basque: “Tyne”
- Belarusian: “Тайн”
- Breton: “Stêr Tyne”
- Breton: “Tyne”
- Catalan: “riu Tyne”
- Catalan: “Tyne”
- Cebuano: “River Tyne”
- Chinese: “泰恩河”
- Chuvash: “Тайн”
- Croatian: “Tyne”
- Czech: “Tyne”
- Dutch: “River Tyne”
- Dutch: “Tyne”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تاين”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Tyne”
- Finnish: “Tyne”
- French: “Tyne”
- Galician: “Río Tyne”
- German: “River Tyne”
- German: “Tyne”
- Hebrew: “טיין”
- Icelandic: “Tyne-á”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Tyne”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tyne”
- Italian: “Tyne”
- Japanese: “タイン川”
- Korean: “타인강”
- Ladin: “Tyne”
- Latin: “Tina”
- Latvian: “Taina”
- Lithuanian: “Tainas”
- Macedonian: “Тајн (река)”
- Macedonian: “Тајн”
- Malayalam: “River Tyne”
- Malayalam: “ടൈൻ നദി”
- Malayalam: “ടൈൻ”
- Mazanderani: “تاین روخنه”
- Northern Frisian: “River Tyne (Ingelun)”
- Northern Frisian: “River Tyne”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tyne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “South Tyne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tyne i England”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tyne”
- Norwegian: “Tyne”
- Persian: “رود تاین”
- Piemontese: “Tyne”
- Polish: “Tyne”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tyne”
- Portuguese: “Tyne”
- Russian: “Tyne”
- Russian: “Тайн”
- Serbian: “Тајн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “River Tyne”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tajn”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tyne”
- Slovak: “Tyne”
- Slovenian: “Tyne”
- Spanish: “Rio Tyne”
- Spanish: “Río Tyne”
- Swedish: “River Tyne (vattendrag i Storbritannien, England)”
- Swedish: “Tyne”
- Tamil: “டைன் ஆறு”
- Thai: “River Tyne”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำไทน์”
- Turkish: “Tyne Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Тайн”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tyne”
- Vlaams: “Tyne”
- Welsh: “Afon Tyne”
- Western Frisian: “Tyne”
- Yiddish: “טיין”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tynemouth Metro station and Arbeia museum.
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