These are administered when section of the borough of N Tyneside, however until 1974 it was administered by Whitley Bay Borough Council and by Northumberland County Council. __TOC__ Whitley Bay was celebrated for its lasting seaside fairground called The Spanish City, which was demolished for redevelopment in the late 1990s. A Fairground comes back to the town in Bank Holiday weekends, however is okay, situated in 'a Links', an expansive seafront park adjacent to the previous Spanish City places. the fabulous Spanish City Dome is to turn into a centre piece of a multimillion pound regeneration of the sea front, which may include hotel & leisure developments. a Dome has experienced a total of utilizes across the years as a Dance hall, Amusement Arcade, & Laserquest. Last it became the survive music venue swimming persons to many elastic including an appearance by Ash in 2001. Likewise in the town is Saint Mary's lighthouse.

A Ice Rink was also a vicinity's premier concert venue until a Newcastle Arena (now MetroRadio Arena) opened within 1995. A venue played hikers to a top list in the music industry throughout the Eighties & Nineties, like The Cure in 1985, Oasis in 1994 and the Stone Roses in 1995.

Whitley Bay, nearby Cullercoats and Spanish City are 100% mentioned in the Dire Straits song Tunnel of Love.

A Park Look at Camping Centre opened within 2004, which addressed a balance between amusement & retail in the town centre. Nevertheless, a closure of numerous existent shops & a fact that a few existent retail merchant project to enter a recently Camping Centre leave doubts when to whether this development potty assist in a project of redressing the entertainment/retail balance. Too a standard of architecture & quality of a shops in a centre leaves very much to become desired & these are confutable that this recently mall is attend become the important driver in the regeneratiin of the town that numerous experienced been pinning their hopes on.

Whitley Bay remains a popular centre of evening amusement, sustaining numbers of blocks & eating place, like the Firehouse, a Sleeping room & Blue. These are especially popular for stag & hen nights, by owning population comming from either completely above Scotland and the north of England.

Whitley Bay is in eight miles from either Newcastle upon Tyne & is attached to the Tyne & Wear Metro, with stations at Whitley Bay, Monkseaton, West Monkseaton and Cullercoats. Sole astir Xx transactions from either Newcastle city center on the Metro

Football

Whitley Bay Football Club play at the town's Hillheads Stadium, which is adjacent to the Ice Rink. Nowadays swimming inside a Northern League, a club hit a national sports newspaper headline in 2002 when winning the FA Vase (amateur FA Cup), beating Tiptree United at Villa Park. A club got antecedently hit a newspaper headline within 1990 after beating Preston North End on the way to reaching the Third around proper of the FA Cup.

Ice Hockey
Whitley Bay Ice Rink is home of Whitley Warriors Ice Hockey Club. A team enjoyed groovy profits together by having local competition Durham Wasps at a national level when you took a Eighties & early Nineties. Still, a Durham team has now been replaced by Newcastle Vipers, who play at MetroRadio Arena & use at times since turn into a N East's premier Ice Hockey Club.

Famous Residents (past and present)

Rudolph Abel - Soviet super-spy (c. 1908-1921) Gladstone Adams - Inventor of the windscreen wiper Alun Armstrong - actor Rowan Atkinson - actor, writer, comedian (only the brief resident) Michael Bridges - former Newcastle United and Sunderland player John Gilroy - artist of Guinness advertisement fame Robson Green - actor (only the brief resident) Lee Hunter - actor from Steptoe and Son Captain William Earl Johns - author of Biggles (c. 1925) Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits singer Ian La Frenais - Comedy writer, (The Likely Lads, Porridge, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet) Lighthouse Family - Northern soul band John McLaughlin - Guitarist for Miles Davis, and Mahavishnu Orchestra John Middleton - Actor (Emmerdale) Peter Ramage - Newcastle United player Andy Taylor - Duran Duran guitarist Steven Taylor - Newcastle United player Bobby Thompson - local comedian Torvill and Dean - ice-skaters (only brief residents; Sise months) Steve Tuplin - former Sunderl& and Hartlepool United player. Okay, the teacher The Tygers Of Pan Tang - 1980s rock group Emily Hilda Young - novelist