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Overlooked by the Life
Guard Station located behind Tynemouth Priory the estuary is protected
by two long piers the longest being on the North side at Tynemouth,
worth a walk to the end in fair weather and a spectacular sight
during a storm. Tynemouth
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- The headland on the inside of the pier known
as the Spanish Battery has a Museum to the Coastguards of the past
and was the location of the large gun and ammunition bunkers which
protected the river and Shipyards during WW II.
Tynemouth
Long Sands to Tynemouth - Lindsay
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A short walk from the Headland in
Tynemouth over looking the Estuary and Tyne Piers, back up the river past the
Coast Guard Museum and Collingswood's Monument which over looks the North
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The impressive statue and cannons on
its foundation commemorates Cuthbert Collingwood, the son of a Newcastle
Merchant who rose to be Nelson's second in command of the British fleet at the
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This route gives one a fine view up
the Tyne, once renowned for its Shipbuilding as North Shields was famous for its
Fish and Kippers which are still available from the Smoke Houses on the
Quayside.
The fish merchants still offer a wide
variety of fresh caught fish straight from the boats, as well as the traditional
English Fish & Chips wrapped in paper to eat as you wander along the
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Hi & Lo lights North Shields -
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There are a few bars famous Worldwide
among
sailors on the Quayside, one is the Prince of Wales outside of which stand the
famous Wooden Dolly, from which another Pub overlooking the Quay has taken its
name.
The original Wooden Dolly has long
gone and been replaced many times, due to the sailors cutting a piece of to
keeping it in their pockets for good luck while at sea. Their is another
Wooden Dolly in Northumberland Square, in the town centre of a Fisher Woman on
whom on close inspection a number of mice can be found.
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The name Garibaldi was later given to the
traditional fruity wafer biscuit and within the Platform Buildings of the Station,
there is also a Bofi in the station for passing Cyclists on the Coast
to Coast Route along Hadrian's Wall to Carlisle and a Waiting Room has
been opened as The Porters Coffee Shop with an All Day Breakfast Menu.
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The Italian Patriot of the early 1800s stayed in
Tynemouth during a Political visit to England, in a home now part of
King's School, noted by an English Heritage Blue Plaque on a wall as
you leave the Historic Rail Station where a Craft & Flea Market is
Held each Saturday & Sunday.
Cullercoats Bay - Ivan Lindsay
Bay Hotel ( NOW GONE ) on the Headland
on the left and the Old Customs
House (White) to the right. Below
in Bay is R.N.L.I. Lifeboat Station below Hotel & Clock Tower,
also in the bay is the Dove Maritime Research Centre
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Tynemouth Long Sands to Cullercoats - Lindsay
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