{"id":2023,"date":"2017-08-14T22:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2025-06-11T19:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:41:10","slug":"tynemouth-priory-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"Tynemouth Priory & Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jon spent his childhood up North and only moved down South for his Uni gap year, then permanently when he started work at Micro Focus.  He’s been back many a time but had never visited Tynemouth Priory and Castle.<\/strong><\/a>  It stands proud on the North banks of the Tyne, visible from South Shields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made our way there through the Tyne Tunnel – the old one heading there!  We found a car park and walked up to the Castle and the entrance into the grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a0This place was amazing. \u00a0The castle had in parts been restored, not very sympathetically but it was a means to an end in those days. \u00a0After walking through the Castle Gatehouse, you then saw the ruined Priory standing tall in front of you.<\/p>\n\n\n

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