Marsden Bay

Places of Interest

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.

Marsden Grotto

Restaurant

Photo: PaulLomax, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Marsden Grotto, locally known as The Grotto, is a gastropub located on the coast at Marsden in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England. It is partly dug into the cliff face and fronted with a more conventional building opening onto the beach.

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.

Places in the Area

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.

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.

Westoe

Suburb

Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.

Westoe was originally a village near South Shields, in the South Tyneside district, in Tyne and Wear, England, but has since become part of the town and is now used to refer to the area of the town where the village once was.

Marsden Bay

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Places with the Same Name

Localities in the Area

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