Black Middens
Black Middens is in England, United Kingdom. Black Middens is situated nearby to the apartment building Irvings Building, as well as near the lighthouse Fish Quay Low Light.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fish Quay Low Light and Fish Quay Old High Light.
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 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 370 feet southwest of Black Middens.
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. Clifford’s Fort is situated 360 feet east of Black Middens.
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.
Black Middens
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.00982° or 55° 0′ 35″ northLongitude
-1.43538° or 1° 26′ 7″ westNetwork
North East Heritage TrailOpen location code
9C7W2H57+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 9368226027OpenStreetMap feature
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