St Mary’s Island
St Mary's Island, sometimes referred to as Bait Island is a small sandstone island near the seaside resort of Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a Local Nature Reserve.Photo: Neil Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: island in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
- Also known as: “Bate’s Island”, “St Mary’s Island, Tyne and Wear”, and “St Mary’s or Bait Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Lighthouse and Seaton Delaval Hall.
St Mary’s Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Lighthouse is on the tiny St Mary's Island, just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England. The small rocky tidal island is linked to the mainland by a short concrete causeway which is submerged at high tide.
Seaton Delaval Hall
Photo: AWhiteC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England, near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1718 for Admiral George Delaval; it is now owned by the National Trust. Seaton Delaval Hall is situated 2 miles west of St Mary’s Island.
PLAYHOUSE
Theater building
Photo: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Playhouse, Whitley Bay is a state of the art, 630 seater auditorium in the coastal resort of Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. Having undergone a major and completed refurbishment by North Tyneside Council in 2009, the contemporary theatre has a glass foyer, front of house facilities, box office and bar facilities. PLAYHOUSE is situated 2 miles south of St Mary’s Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hartley and Seaton Sluice.
Hartley
Village
Photo: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hartley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Seaton Valley in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the A193 road 4 miles south of Blyth and 4 miles north of Tynemouth.
Seaton Sluice
Village
Photo: Dposte46, Public domain.
Seaton Sluice is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast at the mouth of the Seaton Burn, midway between Whitley Bay and Blyth. The population of Seaton Sluice at the 2021 census was 2,957.
Whitley Bay
Photo: PaulTurner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
St Mary’s Island
- Category: tidal island
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.07211° or 55° 4′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.44943° or 1° 26′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C7W3HC2+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 467128701OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q7594502
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“St Mary’s Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Saint Mary’s Island”
- Dutch: “St Mary’s Island”
- French: “St Mary’s Island”
- German: “St Mary’s Island”
- German: “St. Mary’s Island (England)”
- German: “St. Mary’s Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Mary’s Island i Tyne and Wear”
- Swedish: “Saint Mary’s Island”
- “St Mary’s Island”
- “St Mary’s Island, Tyne and Wear”
- “St. Mary’s Island (England)”
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