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Watch House Museum

Spanish Battery, Tynemouth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 191 257 2059
 

Built in 1887, the distinctive wooden Watch House stands guard at the mouth of the Tyne, a symbol of local men's bravery at sea, and the home of the UK's first Volunteer Life Brigade. The unpaid volunteeers continue to provide coastal search and rescue to this day. The novel The Watch House by Robert Westall (a famous children's author) casts the building at the heart of a ghost story. And with reason! The Museum allows a step back in time: wooden figureheads from the age of sail, and ghostly photographs of ships and seamen involved in famous disasters on the Tyne are just some of the exhibits in this small museum. Admission: free - donations welcome.

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