PLAYHOUSE
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.Photo: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Theater building
- Description: theater in Whitley Bay, England
- Also known as: “Classic Cinema”, “Essoldo”, “Kursaal”, and “Playhouse, Whitley Bay”
- Address: Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 1LZ
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spanish City and St Paul’s Church.
Spanish City
Retail building
Photo: Adam G. Bell, CC BY 3.0.
The Spanish City is a dining and leisure centre in Whitley Bay, a seaside town in North Tyneside, Tyne & Wear, England. Erected as a smaller version of Blackpool's Pleasure Beach, it opened in 1910 as a concert hall, restaurant, roof garden and tearoom. Spanish City is situated 610 feet northeast of PLAYHOUSE.
St Paul’s Church
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Paul's Church is the parish church of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, United Kingdom.The church was founded in 1864. The church's official title is St Paul's Church, Cullercoats but it is located near the centre of the town rather than the suburb of Cullercoats. St Paul’s Church is situated 1,900 feet south of PLAYHOUSE.
Monkseaton Metro station
Railway station
Monkseaton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Monkseaton, 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. Monkseaton Metro station is situated 2,400 feet southwest of PLAYHOUSE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitley Bay and Monkseaton.
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.
Monkseaton
Suburb
Monkseaton is an area of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in Northumberland, it is in the north-east of the borough, 3⁄4 mile from the North Sea coast and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the River Tyne at North Shields.
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.
PLAYHOUSE
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.04674° or 55° 2′ 48″ northLongitude
-1.44997° or 1° 26′ 60″ westOperator
SMG EuropeOpen location code
9C7W2HW2+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 227708279OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7203355
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Slovak—“PLAYHOUSE” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Playhouse”
- Slovak: “Playhouse”
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