St Mary’s Lighthouse
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.Photo: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Graeme Darbyshire, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse at North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Mary’S Island Lighthouse, Keepers‘ Cottages And Compound Walls”, “St. Mary’s Lighthouse”, and “St. Marys Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seaton Delaval Hall and PLAYHOUSE.
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 Lighthouse.
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 1½ miles south of St Mary’s Lighthouse.
Whitley Bay
Railway station
Photo: Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Whitley Bay is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the network, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends. Whitley Bay is situated 2 miles south of St Mary’s Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mary’s Island and Hartley.
St Mary’s Island
Locality
Photo: Neil Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
St Mary’s Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.07169° or 55° 4′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.44943° or 1° 26′ 58″ westHeight
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C7W3HC2+M6OpenStreetMap ID
way 102259023OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q7590348
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“St Mary’s Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖瑪莉燈塔”
- French: “phare de St Mary’s”
- French: “Phare de St Mary’s”
- German: “St. Mary’s Lighthouse”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tugboat wreck and Whitley Bay Links Mini Golf 18 Hole Course.
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