Avenue Branch Line
Avenue Branch Line
HER Number
1940
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Avenue Branch Line
Place
Whitley Bay
Map Sheet
NZ37NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Railway
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
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
433900
Northing
575680
Grid Reference
NZ433900575680
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
Aerial Photograph, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery NZ3375 10-JUN-2015