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Tyne and Wear
River crossings & sea horizons.
11 remarkable places
Tynemouth Priory and CastleA little less ordinary
River crossings, maritime history and a North Sea coast of beaches and headlands.
The Wildland edit, Tyne and Wear.
Worth the journey
01 / The leading story7.8Monastic ruins
Tynemouth Priory and Castle
Pier Road, Tynemouth, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE30 4BZ
A 14th-century monastic gatehouse leads into the remains of a great medieval church, where mariners’ tombstones and the small, intricately carved Percy Chantry share a headland that also guarded the Tyne in two world wars.
History & heritage
St Paul’s Monastery, Jarrow
Church Bank, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, NE32 3DY
Nature & landscapes
WWT Washington Wetland Centre
Barmston Lane, Pattinson, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 8LE
History & heritage
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums
Old Washington Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR5 3HZ
Nature & landscapes
Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve
Durham Wildlife Trust, Mallard Way, Chilton Moor, Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6PU
02 / Into the open
Take the slower path.
7.4Mixed-habitat reserve
WWT Washington Wetland Centre
Barmston Lane, Pattinson, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 8LE
6.8Mixed-habitat reserve
Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve
Durham Wildlife Trust, Mallard Way, Chilton Moor, Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6PU
5.8Broadleaf woodland
Thornley Woods Sculpture Trail
Thornley Woods, near Rowlands Gill, County Durham
03 / Layers of time
Places with a past.
The complete edit
Explore Tyne and Wear
7.8Monastic ruins
Tynemouth Priory and Castle
Pier Road, Tynemouth, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE30 4BZ
7.6Monastery
St Paul’s Monastery, Jarrow
Church Bank, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, NE32 3DY
7.4Mixed-habitat reserve
WWT Washington Wetland Centre
Barmston Lane, Pattinson, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 8LE
7.2Museum & collection
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums
Old Washington Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR5 3HZ
6.8Mixed-habitat reserve
Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve
Durham Wildlife Trust, Mallard Way, Chilton Moor, Houghton-le-Spring DH4 6PU
6.0Strange monument
Penshaw Monument
Penshaw Hill, Chester Road (A183), Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, Sunderland DH4 7NJ
5.8Broadleaf woodland
Thornley Woods Sculpture Trail
Thornley Woods, near Rowlands Gill, County Durham
5.5Mixed-habitat reserve
Blaydon Burn Local Nature Reserve
Blaydon-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
5.2Waterside landscape
Derwenthaugh Riverside Park
Derwenthaugh, Gateshead, on the River Derwent
5.2River
Hebburn Riverside Park
Hebburn, south bank of the River Tyne, Tyne and Wear
5.2Mixed-habitat reserve
Ryton Willows
Ryton, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
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