IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
WALLSEND, NE28 0PD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to NE28 0PD by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (53 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Toll Booths
On the north end of the Tyne Tunnel.
Tunnel somewhere down below!
Image: © Russel Wills
Taken: 7 Aug 2014
0.04 miles
2
Big Brother is Watching You!
There are a large number of cameras around the toll booths. One more little picture shouldn't make a difference.
Taken whilst heading southwards (even though we are facing north) waiting to locate some change as there is no advance warning of the Toll.
Image: © Ian Paterson
Taken: 2 Nov 2008
0.05 miles
3
Painted Buoys at the Exit to the Tyne Tunnel
These three former marine buoys covered in historic railway poster-style images of the North Tyneside coast are sited just after the toll plaza at the northern exit to the Tyne Tunnel. The 10ft (3.1 metre) high buoys were hand-painted by Jarrow artist Lynda Nelson in 2011 and show a surfer, St Mary's Lighthouse and Tynemouth Priory (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-14436258 BBC News).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 29 Apr 2019
0.05 miles
5
Tyne Tunnel Toll Plaza (Northbound)
The Tyne Tunnel is the furthest downstream fixed crossing of the River Tyne and is part of the A19.
The original project consisted of a set of foot and cycle tunnels, opened in 1951, and a single carriageway road tunnel, which opened in 1967. The tunnel became a severe bottleneck during the 1980s and 1990s, and, in 2004, it was decided to build a second parallel tunnel. Construction started in 2008 and opened in early 2011. Traffic started using both tunnels and hence the route became dual carriageway in late 2011 (https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Tyne_Tunnel SABRE).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 29 Apr 2019
0.05 miles
7
Cyclist and Pedestrian Tunnel Entrance
The country's first purpose-built cyclist and pedestrian tunnel, connecting Howdon on the North side to Jarrow on the South. Opened in 1951, it is 275m (900ft) in length. When built, the single flight escalators were the longest "WOODEN ESCALATORS" in the world (possibly still are today) with 306 steps, 61.5m (200ft) in length with a vertical drop of 26.15m (85ft). The series of fish heads and tails which appear to be jumping out of the ground in front of the entrance is called "The Ones That Got Away" representing the revitalisation of the River Tyne. Cast in Polymer and painted in two-tone iridescent paint which changes colour as you move past them, simulating the effect of fish scales.
Image: © Ken Brown
Taken: 1 Jul 2005
0.06 miles
8
Entering the Tyne Tunnel from the north
I am confused by the features shown on the map, because the A19 now goes fairly straight through the booths and then into the tunnel. The maps show it looping round.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 18 Sep 2011
0.06 miles
