Marsden
Marsden is located on the outskirts of the seaside town South Shields, North East England, located on the North Sea coast. It lies within historic County Durham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: village in South Tyneside, UK
- Also known as: “Marsden, Tyne and Wear”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Souter Lighthouse and Marsden lime kilns.
Souter Lighthouse
Museum
Photo: Glenn Scott, Public domain.
Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located to the North of Whitburn, South Tyneside, England. Souter Point was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day.
Marsden Rock
Photo: Susan McGinty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marsden Rock is a rock in Tyne and Wear, North East England, situated in Marsden, South Shields. It is overlooked by the Marsden Grotto. The rock is a 90 feet sea stack of Magnesian Limestone which lies approximately 300 feet off the main cliff face.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitburn and Cleadon.
Whitburn
Village
Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England. It is located 3 miles north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles south of the town of South Shields.
Cleadon
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cleadon is a suburban village in South Tyneside in the North East of England. Prior to the creation of Tyne and Wear in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, the village was part of the historic County Durham. Cleadon is situated 1½ miles southwest of Marsden.
Harton
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harton is a suburban area of South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was historically a village, however as the urban area grew it merged with its adjacent villages to become part of the town. Harton is situated 2 miles northwest of Marsden.
Marsden
- Category: village
- Location: South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Marsden” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Marsden, Tyne and Wear”
- Irish: “Marsden”
- Polish: “Marsden (Tyne and Wear)”
- Polish: “Marsden”
- Welsh: “Marsden, Tyne and Wear”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Beacon Hill and Marsden Bay.
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