See & Do

Grey’s Monument is a Grade I listed monument to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838 in the centre Read more…

Tynemouth lifeboat station was established in 1789 and operates an all weather lifeboat. Station open weekdays or by appointment, no Read more…

Bessie Surtees House, two five-storey 16th and 17th-century merchants’ houses. Fine examples of Jacobean domestic architecture, with some splendid period Read more…

At Bede’s World you can learn all about Bede and the Anglo-Saxon way of life in Northumbria. Includes Demonstration farm Read more…

The Monastery of Saint Paul in Jarrow was once the home of the Venerable Bede, whose most notable works include Read more…

Tynemouth Priory and Castle, set on a steep headland between the river and the North Sea, Tynemouth has always been Read more…

Hylton Castle, a ruined stone castle originally built from wood by the Hilton (later Hylton) family shortly after the Norman Read more…

Washington Old Hall, ,manor house associated with the family of George Washington. Read more…

Arbeia was a large Roman fort, now ruined, and which has been partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the Read more…

Sunderland lifeboat station was established in 1800 and is the oldest lifeboat station, although the buikding is new. The first Read more…

Seven Stories is the first museum in the UK dedicated to the art of children’s books and the creativity they Read more…