Tynemouth — Tynemouth Map Poster & Print

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Tynemouth Map Poster & Print

Tynemouth stands on the north bank at the mouth of the River Tyne, and few places in England have a more dramatic outline on a map. A rocky headland juts toward the sea, the river narrows between two piers, and the coastline curves north into the broad sweep of Longsands beach. Behind the seafront, a grid of Victorian terraces and the wide main street run back toward North Shields.

The ruins of Tynemouth Priory and Castle stand on the headland. The site has been occupied for well over a thousand years and was later fortified to guard the river. Just along the coast, the Collingwood Monument looks out over the estuary in honour of the admiral who took command at Trafalgar. The North Pier stretches out from beneath the headland, built in the nineteenth century to shelter the river mouth.

A Tynemouth map poster makes the most of this meeting of land, river and sea. The North Sea fills one side of the frame, the piers draw two fine lines into open water, and the terraced streets form a tidy pattern behind the shore. It is a natural choice for anyone who has walked the pier, surfed at Longsands or grown up on the north bank of the Tyne.