Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay is a seaside resort in 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.
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  • Type: Town with 38,100 residents
  • Description: seaside town on the north east coast of England
  • Also known as: “Whitley”

Places of Interest

Highlights: PLAYHOUSE and Whitley Bay.

Theater building
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The , Whitley Bay is a state of the art, 630…

Railway station
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is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving…

University
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The is a research and teaching…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tynemouth and Monkseaton.

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is a large town in …

Suburb
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is an area of Whitley Bay, , in the county of , England.

Town
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is a town in the borough of in , England. is situated 2½ miles south of Whitley Bay.

Whitley Bay

Latitude
55.0422° or 55° 2′ 32″ north
Longitude
-1.4454° or 1° 26′ 44″ west
Population
38,100
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB WTL
Open location code
9C7W2HR3+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27159426
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634032
Wiki­data ID
Q2575441
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Whitley Bay” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Whitley Bay”
  • Asturian: “Whitley Bay”
  • Basque: “Whitley Bay”
  • Belarusian: “Ўітлі-Бэй”
  • Catalan: “Whitley Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Whitley Bay”
  • Chinese: “惠特利灣”
  • Czech: “Whitley Bay”
  • Dutch: “Whitley Bay”
  • French: “Whitley Bay”
  • German: “Whitley Bay”
  • Hebrew: “וויטלי ביי”
  • Irish: “Whitley Bay”
  • Italian: “Whitley Bay”
  • Japanese: “ウィットリー・ベイ”
  • Ladin: “Whitley Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whitley Bay”
  • Persian: “ویتلی بی”
  • Polish: “Whitley Bay”
  • Portuguese: “Whitley Bay”
  • Romanian: “Whitley Bay”
  • Russian: “Уитли-Бэй”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Whitley Bay”
  • Slovak: “Whitley Bay”
  • Swedish: “Whitley Bay”
  • Ukrainian: “Вітлі-Бей”
  • Urdu: “وٹلے بے”
  • Welsh: “Whitley Bay”
  • “Whitley Bay”

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