Tynemouth Heritage
Priors, Kings, Collingwood, heroes, shipwrecks. Grand times in and around Tynemouth, parks, gardens, lakes and aquariums.
In and around Tynemouth
Tynemouth encapsulates Great Britain’s seaside charm, boasting golden sandy beaches as well as a range of cultural attractions for everyone. Tynemouth Longsands is a popular place to enjoy the sun, take a relaxing walk and take part in surfing or other water sports which are increasingly popular activities all year round. Complementing the beach, Tynemouth…
Grand Times
Listed Grade II, the Grand Hotel building was built in 1872. Some believe it was commissioned as a summer residence, by the Duke of Northumberland, for the Duchess and that the Grand Hotel assumed its current role as a hotel around 1877. As the finest luxury hotel at the coast, the Grand Hotel was noted…
Parks Gardens Lakes and Aquariums
In 1893 Tynemouth Park and Boating Lake was opened on land owned by the Duke of Northumberland and leased by Tynemouth Council. With a large pond, three bowling greens and ornamental gardens with a bandstand, the opening of Tynemouth Park attracted thousands of people including a many model boat enthusiasts. In the summer of 1893…
Standing Tall at the Coast
The foundation stone for St. George’s Church was laid by the 6th Duke of Northumberland in 1882 and construction was completed in December 1884. St George’s Church is a spectacular, Grade I Listed, Victorian church designed by renowned architect, John Loughborough Pearson, architect of Truro Cathedral. St. George’s is a perfectly proportioned, French Gothic building…
Cullercoats as an Artists Colony
Cullercoats developed after 1539 and until the late 19th Century was a small village with interests in salt making, coal export, fishing and smuggling. Cullercoats is also known for forming the second Volunteer Life Brigade in the country, in 1865, shortly after Tynemouth. Latterly, Cullercoats has been appreciated as an artist’s colony, a fashionable seaside…
Winslow Homer’s Cullercoats
Why Cullercoats, a small and perhaps unassuming fishing village became such a popular place for artists could be debated ad infinitum. Winslow Homer, one of America’s leading artists, certainly found reason to stay in Cullercoats in that he spent a number of months living and painting here. Perhaps the rugged coastline and the more often…
