North Tyneside - Places of Interest

Places of Interest

  • Segedunum Roman fort is in Wallsend (at the end of Hadrian's wall).
  • The Stephenson Railway Museum in New York, named after George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson who hailed from Tyneside and lived in West Moor in North Tyneside 1802–1824.
  • Tynemouth Castle and Priory
  • North Tyneside includes a vast coastline covering Tynemouth, Cullercoats and Whitley Bay

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