Whitley Bay, Avenue Branch Line

HER Number:
1940

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, Avenue Branch Line

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The route of the Avenue Branch Line of the Blyth and Tyne Railway (HER ref. 1049) is still clear striking northward from Whitley Bay toward Old Hartley. Laid in 1860, it followed in part the route of the Whitley Wagonway, which opened in 1811 (closed 1850) to carry coal from Whitley Old Pits to North Shields.

Easting:
3390

Northing:
7568

Grid Reference:
NZ33907568

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1940 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 9; Aerial Photograph, RAF/CPE/UK/2352 FS 2005 04-OCT-1947; Aerial Photograph, RAF/106G/UK/1193 RS 4079 27-FEB-1946; Aerial Photograph, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3375 10-JUN-2015