Sharpness Point
Sharpness Point is a cape in North Tyneside, England. Sharpness Point is situated nearby to the locality Bear’s Head Rock, as well as near Smugglers Cave.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tynemouth Priory and Castle and Grand Hotel.
Tynemouth Priory and Castle
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tynemouth Priory and Castle is an historic site located on a promontory at the mouth of the Tyne at Tynemouth. The medieval Benedictine priory was protected by walls, towers, and a gatehouse.
Collingwood Monument
Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Collingwood Monument is a Grade II* listed monument in Tynemouth, England, dedicated to Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood. A Napoleonic-era admiral noted for being second-in-command to Admiral Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar, Collingwood is sometimes referred to as the forgotten hero of Trafalgar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tynemouth and Cullercoats.
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.
Cullercoats
Suburb
Cullercoats is a coastal settlement in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in Northumberland, it has now been absorbed into the wider Tyneside conurbation, sitting between Tynemouth to the south and Whitley Bay to the north.
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.
Sharpness Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.02281° or 55° 1′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.42012° or 1° 25′ 12″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C7W2HFH+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 467128712OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
3236507
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