Longsands
Longsands is a beach in England, United Kingdom. Longsands is situated nearby to the art gallery Juvan Arts, as well as near the public aquarium Blue Reef Aquarium Tynemouth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St George’s and Tynemouth Priory and Castle.
St George’s
Church
St George's Church in Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear, England, is a church built in the 19th-century French Gothic style. It is an active place of worship and is a Grade I listed building. St George’s is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Longsands.
Tynemouth Priory and Castle
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tynemouth Priory and Castle is a 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. Tynemouth Priory and Castle is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Longsands.
Dove Marine Laboratory
University
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The Dove Marine Laboratory is a research and teaching laboratory which forms part of the School of Marine Science and Technology within Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Dove Marine Laboratory is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Longsands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullercoats and Tynemouth.
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.
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.
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.
Longsands
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.02782° or 55° 1′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.42522° or 1° 25′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C7W2HHF+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 221550704OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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