Souter Foghorn

Places of Interest Nearby

Souter Lighthouse

Museum

Photo: Glenn Scott, Public domain.

Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located to the North of Whitburn, South Tyneside, England. Souter Point was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day.

Marsden lime kilns

Building

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marsden lime kilns is a building, which is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Souter Foghorn.

Marsden Rock

Photo: Susan McGinty, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marsden Rock is a rock in Tyne and Wear, North East England, situated in Marsden, South Shields. It is overlooked by the Marsden Grotto. The rock is a 90 feet sea stack of Magnesian Limestone which lies approximately 300 feet off the main cliff face.

Places in the Area

Whitburn

Village

Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England. It is located 3 miles north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles south of the town of South Shields.

Cleadon

Village

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cleadon is a suburban village in South Tyneside in the North East of England. Prior to the creation of Tyne and Wear in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, the village was part of the historic County Durham. Cleadon is situated 2 miles southwest of Souter Foghorn.

Harton

Suburb

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Harton is a suburban area of South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was historically a village, however as the urban area grew it merged with its adjacent villages to become part of the town. Harton is situated 2 miles west of Souter Foghorn.

Souter Foghorn

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