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.

Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh are great places to visit near Whitley Bay if you like villages.

Don't miss Milfield North Henge's ancient sites if visiting the area around Whitley Bay.

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.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are some of Whitley Bay best geological features to visit near Whitley Bay.

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

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

Islands to visit near Whitley Bay include Farne Islands.

Whitley Bay has some unmissable towns nearby like Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort are great places to visit near Whitley Bay if you like roman sites.

The area close to Whitley Bay boasts some of the best historic monuments including Flodden.

Whitley Bay History

There are some historic monuments around Whitley Bay:

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