Connect Whitley Bay with Slow Ways
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Tyne & Wear
Slow Ways linking Whitley Bay and Blyth, Seaton Delaval, Shiremoor, Tynemouth
England / Tyne & Wear / Whitley Bay
Whitley Bay’s four Slow Ways are 63% checked
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Walk to Whitley Bay from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Blyth—Whitley Bay
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Blywhi one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 12km/7mi | Ascent 134m | Descent 113m | ||
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Seaton Delaval—Whitley Bay
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Seawhi one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 30m | Descent 42m | ||
Shiremoor—Whitley Bay
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Shiwhi one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 56m | Descent 12m | |
Whitley Bay—Tynemouth
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Whityn one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 3km/2mi | Ascent 27m | Descent 21m |
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Collective progress
63% of Whitley Bay’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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7 people have contributed to Whitley Bay’s Slow Ways
3 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Whitley Bay
29km out of 29km have been walked and reviewed
59km of reviews have been shared in Whitley Bay
Latest Updates
Almost entirely on well maintained paths, avoiding busy roads providing the opportunity to enjoy the landscape too....
testaccio
You can make it slightly shorter by taking the more inland path round the nature reserve at St Mary's Island. Suitable for bikes too and there's the option of the Arriva 308 bus (Blyth - Newcastle via Whitley Bay) if you don't want to walk in both directions....
edinem77
The views of the Grand Hotel, and then Tynemouth Priory and Castle and the Tynemouth lighthouse make for a very rewarding walk....
Slow Ways Darren
We extended it by going on to Tynemouth along the coastal road - lovely sea views and past the gem of a small harbour of Cullercoats, and the surfers on Tynemouth Long Sands....
Tom
When you turn on to the track, it is fairly narrow, maximum 1m but parts are down to 1/2m. At the end of the track you turn left on to a narrow contry lane with no verges. From here you turn right down a narrow track and then round a school field. Here there is a butchers, bakers, fish and chip shop, a convenience shop, and 100m to the left is a Co-op and the Foxhunters pub which serves meals and has customer toilets. Along the way is a sandwich shop on the right and a fish and chip shop on the left. At Monkseton there is a Spar, Ship Inn (toilet, limited food), Black Horse (Toilets), Monkseaton Arms (toilets, food), Millicans Bakers, Chinese takeaway, fish and chip shop, snadwich shop and small restaurant. Turn right here in to Whitley Bay (there are plenty of coffee shops on the road to the left). In Whitley Bay there are several pubs, butchers, bakers, including Greggs, fish and chip shops and several restaurants....
Joyce
You can easily get down onto Longsands beach (2 steeper slopes at either end or step-paths at points along the top), Cullercoats has a steep slope or steps....
Hannah Jenner
I have only walked two different parts of this route from The Briardene to St Mary's Lighthouse and from Old Hartley to Seaton Sluice....
Tess Barton
Easy walk along the seafront promenade from Whitley Bay via Cullercoats Bay, Longsands and King Edward's Bay into Tynemouth....
Tess Barton
Slow Ways added Seawhi one, a new walk from Seaton Delaval to Whitley Bay
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Shiwhi one, a new walk from Shiremoor to Whitley Bay
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Whityn one, a new walk from Whitley Bay to Tynemouth
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Whitley Bay’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
NZ3571471880
Lat / Lon
55.04016° / -1.44270°
Easting / Northing
435,714E / 571,880N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Whitley Bay and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Whitley Bay's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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