Whitley Bay
Whitley Bay is a seaside resort in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England, with a population of around 36,000 in 2013. It was part of Northumberland until 1974 when the borough of North Tyneside was created within the metropolis of Tyne and Wear.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitley Bay and Rockcliffe First School.
Whitley Bay
Railway station
Photo: Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Whitley Bay is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the network, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends.
Dove Marine Laboratory
University
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dove Marine Laboratory is a research and teaching laboratory which forms part of the School of Marine Science and Technology within Newcastle University in the United Kingdom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullercoats and Monkseaton.
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.
Monkseaton
Suburb
Monkseaton is an area of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in Northumberland, it is in the north-east of the borough, 3⁄4 mile from the North Sea coast and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the River Tyne at North Shields.
Whitley Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.04344° or 55° 2′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.43153° or 1° 25′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C7W2HV9+99GeoNames ID
11153222
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