Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery 1859 Cannon

Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery 1859 Cannon is a memorial in North Tyneside, England. Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery 1859 Cannon is situated nearby to Tynemouth Priory and Castle, as well as near the beach King Edward’s Bay.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tynemouth Priory and Castle and Collingwood Monument.

Tynemouth Priory and Castle

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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

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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. Collingwood Monument is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery 1859 Cannon.

Tynemouth Metro station

Railway station

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Tynemouth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of Tynemouth, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the network, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends. Tynemouth Metro station is situated 2,500 feet west of Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery 1859 Cannon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tynemouth and Cullercoats.

Tynemouth

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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.