Whitley Bay is a Town in the county of Northumberland.

Whitley Bay postcode: NE26 2TT

Retail in Whitley Bay

There are great places to visit near Whitley Bay including some great villages, ancient sites, beaches, hiking areas, geological features, castles, ruins, islands, towns, roman sites and historic monuments.

Whitley Bay has some unmissable villages nearby like Milfield, Craster, Bamburgh, and Duddo.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Whitley Bay area like Milfield North Henge, and Duddo Five Stones.

Whitley Bay has some unmissable beaches nearby like Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

There are a number of hiking areas near Whitley Bay including Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are great places to visit near Whitley Bay if you like geological features.

There are a several good castles in the area around Whitley Bay like Dunstanburgh Castle.

Whitley Bay has some unmissable ruins nearby like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Farne Islands is a great place to visit close to Whitley Bay if you like islands.

There are a several good towns in the Whitley Bay area like Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

There are a number of roman sites near Whitley Bay including Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

Whitley Bay is near some unmissable historic monuments like Flodden,

Whitley Bay History

There are some historic monuments around Whitley Bay:

• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Village of Jarrow
• Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue
• Clifford's Fort
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Wardley moated site
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Marsden lime kilns
• Roman fort, South Shields