Piers · North East England
Whitley Bay Pier
Whitley Bay Pier in England North East, United Kingdom.
Alan Heardman — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Best time of year
- Summer
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Whitley Bay Pier is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Whitley Bay Pier was an unrealised pleasure pier to be built at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, on the north-east coast of England. Substantial proposals for such a pier were first made in 1908; next in 1935-39 and lastly in 1966–72. Although orders and local acts of Parliament permitting the development were repeatedly passed, construction of the various schemes never started.
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Background
History
Whitley Bay developed into a holiday resort in the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries; it was provided with a railway station in 1882, from which an Esplanade road lead to a sea-front Promenade. Discussing a 1908 pier proposal, the Evening Chronicle noted that the notion of a pier at Whitley bay had been 'heartily supported' by visitors to the town and had occupied the attention of public men. Although schemes had been promulgated, nothing definite or practical had arisen out of any of the projects.
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- Coordinates
- 55.0444, -1.4399
- District
- North Tyneside
- Parish
- North Tyneside, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE26 2AF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tynemouth
- Official site
- www.laurelswhitley.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q123582977 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Whitley Bay Pier (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Whitley Bay Pier?
- Whitley Bay Pier is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE26 2AF), in the parish of North Tyneside, unparished area.
- Is Whitley Bay Pier free to visit?
- Yes, Whitley Bay Pier is free to enter.
- How do I get to Whitley Bay Pier?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE26 2AF. It sits within the Tynemouth parliamentary constituency.