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  2. Mouth of the Tyne Festival - Wikipedia

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    Starting back in 2005, the Mouth of the Tyne Festival takes place every July for a weekend of live music and international street theatre, in the village of Tynemouth. The festival used to take place on both sides of the Tyne, but has made Tynemouth its home for many years now.

  3. Tynemouth - Wikipedia

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    Tynemouth (/ ˈ t aɪ n m aʊ θ /) is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. [2] It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne.

  4. Tynemouth Priory and Castle - Wikipedia

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    Tynemouth Priory and Castle is a historic site located on a promontory at the mouth of the Tyne at Tynemouth. The medieval Benedictine priory was protected by walls, towers, and a gatehouse. [1] The heraldry of the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside includes three crowns commemorating the three kings who have been buried in the priory.

  5. Tynemouth Lifeboat Station - Wikipedia

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    Tynemouth Lifeboat Station is located on the River Tyne, at Fish Quay, North Shields, in the county of Tyne and Wear.. A lifeboat was first stationed across the River Tyne in South Shields in 1789, with a second lifeboat placed in North Shields in 1798, both operated by the Tyne Lifeboat Institution (TLI).

  6. North Shields Fish Quay - Wikipedia

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    North Shields Fish Quay is a fishing port located close to the mouth of the River Tyne, in North Shields, Tyne and Wear, North East England, 8 miles (13 km) east of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The quay was established in 1225 as shielings village (seasonal huts used by hunters or fishermen) around the Pow Burn ; the town of North Shields ...

  7. River Tyne - Wikipedia

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    The River Tyne / ˈ t aɪ n / ⓘ is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is 73 miles (118 km). [1] It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.

  8. Black Middens - Wikipedia

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    Midden is a Scandinavian word, common in a number of north-east English dialects, used to describe a heap or dump of domestic waste; local legend has it that the devil threw the Black Middens into the Tyne to spoil the rich trade in coal shipped from Newcastle.

  9. Tyne Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. The bridge was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson , [ 2 ] who later designed the Forth Road Bridge , and was built by Dorman Long and Co. of Middlesbrough . [ 3 ]