Whitburn
Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England.
It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town of South Shields. Historically, Whitburn is part of County Durham. Other nearby population centres include Seaburn, Cleadon and Marsden. The village lies on a south-facing slope, part of Durham's Magnesian Limestone plateau, which overlooks Sunderland. The population for the combined Whitburn and Marsden Ward in the 2011 UK Census was 7,448. For much of its history, Whitburn was a fishing and agricultural community. The village contains three schools, three churches, a cricket club, recreational grounds, a pub and a variety of shops.
Getting around Whitburn the local way
- Get inFor long-distance routes by air, rail, bus or ferry see Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Get inis served by the Shields Ferry across the Tyne from North Shields.
- Get inOn the far side, Shuttle Bus 333 links the pier to North Shields town centre and Metro station and is included in the ferry fare.
- Get inAlthough Port of Tyne is mostly on the south bank, the overnight DFDS ferries from IJmuiden near Amsterdam dock at the north bank terminal in North Shields.
- Get aroundBuilt in 1951, they're 884-ft (270-m) long, and entered by funicular lifts and by the original wooden Waygood-Otis escalators.
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