Facilities
Whitley Bay is around nine miles from Newcastle upon Tyne and is connected to the Tyne and Wear Metro, with stations at Whitley Bay, Monkseaton, West Monkseaton and Cullercoats. It is about a 25 minute journey from Newcastle city centre on the Metro.
The local newspaper, The News Guardian – owned by Johnston Press – is published once a week from its offices in the town. It is printed on the presses of the Sunderland Echo in nearby Sunderland. The alternative free weekly paper is the Chronicle Extra, formerly known as the Herald and Post. A satirical local newspaper, the Whitley Bay Citizen, started in 2000 but has since been discontinued.
There are two high schools in the town, Whitley Bay High School and Monkseaton High School.
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