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.

Villages to visit near Whitley Bay include Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

Places near Whitley Bay feature a number of interesting ancient sites including Milfield North Henge.

Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach are great places to visit near Whitley Bay if you like beaches.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Whitley Bay area like Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Whitley Bay has some unmissable geological features nearby like Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Places near Whitley Bay feature a number of interesting castles including Dunstanburgh Castle.

There are a number of ruins near Whitley Bay including Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Farne Islands is one of Whitley Bay's best, nearby islands to visit in Whitley Bay.

There are a number of towns near to Whitley Bay including Hexham.

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

There are a number of historic monuments near to Whitley Bay including Flodden.

Whitley Bay History

There are some historic monuments around Whitley Bay:

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