Dolphin Mooring Post
Dolphin Mooring Post is a work of art in England, United Kingdom. Dolphin Mooring Post is situated nearby to the apartment building Irvings Building, as well as near the pub Low Lights Tavern.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clifford’s Fort and Fish Quay Low Light.
Clifford’s Fort
Ruins
Photo: Barabbas1312, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clifford's Fort was a defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the 17th century. It subsequently served as a submarine mining depot and survives today as a scheduled monument in the historic Fish Quay area of North Shields, Tyne and Wear, in North East England.
Fish Quay Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Les Hull, 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 Low Light is situated 410 feet south of Dolphin Mooring Post.
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 650 feet southwest of Dolphin Mooring Post.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Shields and Tynemouth.
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.
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.
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.
Dolphin Mooring Post
- Type: Work of art
- Category: tourism
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.01022° or 55° 0′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.43427° or 1° 26′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C7W2H68+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 4526526015OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
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