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Panorama
Rockpool
Monument
King Edwards Bay
Prior's Haven
Priory Haven2
lighthouse
Front Street
Station
Plaza4
Plaza Montage
Wild Parrot
Museum
Aerial view
The Sealife Centre
Cullercoats Bay
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The Gatehouse. Tynemouth castle. The promontory forms a defensive site above the river entrance.
Robert Mowbray, the son of Robert of Mondrai a norman knight who had fought with
William the Conqueror, built the first castle here about 1080