Bascule Bridge, St Peter's Basin
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Bascule Bridge, St Peter's Basin
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 18 Nov 2008
The bascule bridge at the mouth of St Peter's Basin, a trendy new marina surrounded by smart new housing. Seen on a largely traffic-free route along the north side of the Tyne which is followed by both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and by route 72 of the National Cycle Network (Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/ and the Tynemouth branch of the C2C Cycle Route http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/).
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Image Location
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Latitude
54.965558
Longitude
-1.573261