Lizard Lane Caravan Park
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Marsden (Excellent water quality)
South Shields
Museums & Galleries · County Durham
Souter Lighthouse
📍 SR6 7NH
Photo: Glenn Scott at English Wikipedia (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located to the North of Whitburn, South Tyneside, England.. Souter Point was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day. The light was generated by a carbon arc lamp: first lit on 11 January 1871, it was described at the time as 'without doubt one of the most powerful lights in the world'. — Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Make a proper break of it — these stays are all within 25 miles.
0.6 mi
2.3 mi
Coastal Fields
🏖️ 0.28 miles from Seaburn - Sunderland (Good water quality)
Durham, North East England
Sleeps 5
£1,029 per break
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2.4 mi
2.4 mi
Sand Dancer Hideaway
🏖️ 1.31 miles from South Shields (Good water quality)
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East England
Sleeps 5
£937 per break
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2.5 mi
Angels Haven
🏖️ 1.03 miles from South Shields (Good water quality)
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East England
Sleeps 4
£1,092 per break
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2.6 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Newcastle Audio Tour: A Journey Through Time and Trade
The Tyne Bridge, Newcastle · 9.6 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:00
Dine & Dance - Fame, Footloose & Saturday Night Fever
The Purple Peacock Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 9.7 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:00
Absolute Amy
Newgate Social, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 10.0 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 19:00
30s & 40s Singles Night at Harry's Newcastle| Love at First...
Harry's Bar, Newcastle · 9.8 mi
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🗺️ Plan the drive to Souter Lighthouse
🚆 Or come by train
- East Boldon 2.8 miles
- Seaburn 3 miles
- Brockley Whins 3.9 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page