The Beacon

The Beacon is a shopping center in North Tyneside, England which is located on Bedford Street. The Beacon is situated nearby to the town North Shields, as well as near the playground The Family Hub.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North Shields and Christ Church.

North Shields

Railway station

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Shields is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of North Shields. It is situated next to the North Shields Transport Hub, on the west side of Bedford Street and The Beacon Centre. North Shields is situated 640 feet west of The Beacon.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Christ Church is a church North Shields, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England is an Anglican church in the parish of North Shields Christ Church, Diocese of Newcastle. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,… Christ Church is situated 1,100 feet north of The Beacon.

Arbeia

Archaeological site

Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Arbeia was a large Roman fort in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, now ruined and partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s. All modern buildings on the site were cleared in the 1970s. Arbeia is situated 3,500 feet southeast of The Beacon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Shields and South Shields.

North Shields

Town

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Shields is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is 8 miles north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.

South Shields

Town

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South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.

Tynemouth

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

The Beacon

Type: Shopping center
Address: Bedford Street, North Shields, NE29 6QF
Categories: building and shop
Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.00865° or 55° 0′ 31″ north

Longitude

-1.44602° or 1° 26′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C7W2H53+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 458909109

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

shop=mall

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