Marsden Grotto
The Marsden Grotto, locally known as The Grotto, is a gastropub located on the coast at Marsden in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England. It is partly dug into the cliff face and fronted with a more conventional building opening onto the beach.Photo: PaulLomax, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Restaurant
- Description: gastropub, partly dug into cliff face in Marsden, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Marsden Grotto”
- Address: Coast Road, Marsden, South Shields, NE34 7BS
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marsden Rock and Souter Lighthouse.
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.
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. Souter Lighthouse is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Marsden Grotto.
Marsden lime kilns
Building
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marsden lime kilns is a building, which is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Marsden Grotto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harton and Whitburn.
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.
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. Whitburn is situated 1½ miles south of Marsden Grotto.
Westoe
Suburb
Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.
Westoe was originally a village near South Shields, in the South Tyneside district, in Tyne and Wear, England, but has since become part of the town and is now used to refer to the area of the town where the village once was. Westoe is situated 2 miles west of Marsden Grotto.
Marsden Grotto
- Categories: pub, building, and food
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.97704° or 54° 58′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.37754° or 1° 22′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C6WXJGC+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 236136500OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=restaurantOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6773231
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