Sailors Home
Sailors Home is a memorial in North Tyneside, England. Sailors Home is situated nearby to the passenger ship terminal North Shields Ferry Terminal, as well as near the health club Vinco fitness.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arbeia and North Shields.
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 partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s. All modern buildings on the site were cleared in the 1970s. Arbeia is situated 2,800 feet east of Sailors Home.
North Shields
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Shields is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of North Shields. It is situated next to the North Shields Transport Hub, on the west side of Bedford Street and The Beacon Centre. North Shields is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Sailors Home.
Fish Quay Old High Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in North Shields, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. Fish Quay Old High Light is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Sailors Home.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Shields and South Shields.
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.
South Shields
Town
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Sailors Home
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.00444° or 55° 0′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.44464° or 1° 26′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C7W2H34+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 10036438238OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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