Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, often abbreviated to Newbiggin, is a seaside town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on the North Sea coast.

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, often abbreviated to Newbiggin, is a seaside town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on the North Sea coast.
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Worth seeing in and around Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cresswell Castle
Cresswell Pele Tower is in the village of Cresswell, situated overlooking the coast approximately 4 miles to the north of Ashington, Northumberland, England. The tower is a Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
5.8 km · tower house in Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is the parish church of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. The building is part of the Diocese of Newcastle.
800 m · Grade I listed church in Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Ashington Town Hall
Ashington Town Hall is a municipal building in Station Road in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Ashington Urban District Council until 1974, is now the base of Ashington Town Council.
3.8 km · town hall in Ashington, Northumberland, England · Wikipedia - 04Northumberland College
Northumberland College is a further education college based in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The present site opened in 1957, and became the County Technical College in 1961, transformed again in 1987, becoming the Northumberland College of Arts and Technology, and finally settled upon its current status in 1995.
2.9 km · college in Northumberland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 20 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 145 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 147 km
- Stations
- Ashington railway station, 3.7 km · Bedlington railway station, 5.8 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Newbiggin-by-the-Sea143 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £17–23
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Newbiggin-by-the-Sea154 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £17–23
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Newbiggin-by-the-Sea199 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · £24–32
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inGateshead Bus 19 runs hourly from North Shields pier (for South Shields ferry), taking an hour via Percy and Seaton Delaval.
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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is 24 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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