14–20 Sep 2026 · Coastal North East

What's on this week on the North Tyneside coast

Gigs, food, markets, bathing water and Metro from Whitley Bay through Cullercoats and Tynemouth to North Shields. Date, time and an official link on every card. Today, Saturday 19 September: PLAYHOUSE tonight — Frankie's Guys; Friday’s Vision of Elvis is PAST; Thursday’s Ultimate Classic Rock is PAST; Wednesday’s no-headline framing is PAST; Tom Bailey Tuesday 15 is PAST; Peter Rabbit: Tales on the Tyne is PAST (ended Monday 14); Station Market weekends — last dated Sunday 13 is PAST; parkrun today 9:00 on The Links; weekend restaurant deals Friday 18–Sunday 20 still Saturday: Hidden Tiger 4-course set from £26.95 Saturday 12pm–5pm (Sunday closed); La Casetta happy hour £9.45 Saturday 5pm–6:30pm; Davanti Rapido from £15.95; Hinnies autumn set; Astley Arms prosecco £14.99 Saturday, Saturday pizza sharer £19.99, bottomless pizza and prosecco £25pp; Priory 3 small plates £17.50 every day; Miller & Carter fixed-price lunch Saturday 12pm–3pm (no Tynemouth lunch price listed) plus 2-for drinks all weekend; Friday-only Hunting Lodge, Salutation, Valerie’s, Di Meo’s pizza and Spanish City oysters are PAST as tonight; Tynemouth Castle Inn midweek cards stay on Offers; Allard’s omitted (site still down Wednesday); live Saturday 19 from 06:20: Green and Yellow Lines may be busier; gap in Green Line service Haymarket–South Hylton; Regent Centre is Monday–Thursday only — not tonight; next block Monday 21–Thursday 24 (station closes 21:00; replacement bus 901); Tyne Bridge night bus diversions Monday 21–Saturday 26 ahead; Silverlink North 30 Sep–5 Oct ahead; St Peter’s lifts Wednesday 16 are PAST. Sunday 13 is PAST: Alligator Gumbo at The Cluny; Isabel Maria at Cluny 2; Starsky at Cullercoats Crescent Club; Station Market 9am–3:30pm; Raiders of the Lost Ark 12A at Jam Jar 4pm, sold out; Moving Pictures: A Tribute to Rush at City Hall; Great North Run Metro and Day Rover £6.50. Jam Jar is closed Mondays. Whitley Bay Film Festival continues through 26 September — Thursday 17 The General at Stephenson Steam Railway with The Mediators is PAST; Friday 18 Ghosts and My Father and Me is PAST; today Saturday 19 Behind the Rent Strike, The Filleting Machine and In Fading Light at Fishermen’s Mission, Cullercoats. PLAYHOUSE tonight: Frankie's Guys. Friday 18 also PAST: Amy Milward at Crescent Club; Francis of Delirium at Cluny 2; Ed Blaney’s Bowie Odyssey at The Cluny. Ahead Sunday: Susan Calman at PLAYHOUSE; Junior Turner at Crescent 3pm; Dr. Strangelove at Jam Jar. Food Festival is PAST. No live NT coastal bathing-water CSO. EDM Status=1 count=2 network-wide (~08:08 BST): NWL01003 River Wear Estuary (~07:38 BST) and NWL00995 Tributary of Cockmere Burn (~07:48 BST). Bathing alert=false. Cullercoats Poor (2025). No live increased STP — Sunday stamp 20260913-084059 expired 08:29 Monday 14. No newer stamp. EA JSON still 403. Do not treat the expired Cullercoats increased / advice-against-bathing as live. Beach Aware overflow icons not claimed. Today sunny intervals, max 18°C, rain 40% at 8am, max gust 34mph. Sunday 20: max 18°C, sunny, rain <5%, gusts 33mph. Monday 21: max 20°C, sunny intervals, rain 40% at 6am, gusts 22mph. Sea 14.5°C. Shields Ferry standing only.

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Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth and North Shields on one weekly. Metro, sewage/bathing water, and dated deals — not a stay.

Last week: Spanish City Summer Funfair finished 31 August.

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Whitley Bay this week

Today, Saturday 19: PLAYHOUSE tonight — Frankie's Guys. Friday’s Vision of Elvis is PAST. Thursday’s Ultimate Classic Rock is PAST. Wednesday’s no-headline framing is PAST. Tom Bailey Tuesday 15 is PAST. Jam Jar open (closed Mondays). parkrun 9:00. Oysters Friday 18 are PAST.

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Cullercoats beach today

Water classed Poor (2025). No live increased STP — Sunday stamp 20260913-084059 expired 08:29 Monday 14. No newer stamp. EA JSON still 403. Council annual Poor advice is not a live STP stamp. Lead: no NT coastal bathing-water CSO; EDM Status=1 count=2 network-wide (~08:08 BST) — Wear Estuary and Cockmere Burn tributary. Bathing alert=false.

Cullercoats

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Tynemouth this week

Station Market weekends — last dated Sunday 13 is PAST. Food Festival is PAST. North Pier still shut. Longsands sea 14.5°C.

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North Shields this week

Metro, ferry, Stephenson. Harbour listings on Fish Quay.

North Shields

Beach · today

Cullercoats Poor. Whitley Bay Excellent

No live NT coastal bathing-water CSO. EDM Status=1 count=2 network-wide (~08:08 BST): Wear Estuary + Cockmere Burn tributary. Bathing alert=false. Cullercoats Poor (2025), no live increased STP. Sea 14.5°C as of Sat 19. Sunny intervals, max 18°C, rain 40% at 8am, max gust 34mph.

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Tynemouth Station Market

Weekends. Last dated Sunday 13 September, 9am–3:30pm under the Metro roof, is PAST. Saturday 12 is PAST.

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Metro to the sand

Which yellow-line stop for which bay. Live Sat 19: Green and Yellow Lines may be busier; Green Line gap Haymarket–South Hylton. Regent Centre is Mon–Thu only — not tonight. Next block Mon 21–Thu 24 (station closes 21:00; replacement bus 901). Tyne Bridge night diversions Mon 21–Sat 26 ahead. Silverlink North 30 Sep–5 Oct ahead. Shields Ferry standing only.

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Cullercoats vs Whitley

Same line. Different water class. Pick the bay for the swim.

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Frankie's Guys artwork, PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay

Today · Sat 19 Sep

Frankie's Guys · 19 Sep

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay · Whitley Bay

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Susan Calman: Tall Tales portrait artwork, PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay

Sun 20 Sep

Susan Calman: Tall Tales · 20 Sep

PLAYHOUSE Whitley Bay · Whitley Bay

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Sun 20 Sep · 3pm

Junior Turner at Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club · Cullercoats

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Mon–Thu 14–17 Sep · starters 12–9 · cake 12–5 · spritz Mon–Sat 12–5

Tynemouth Castle Inn food and drink offers

The Tynemouth Castle Inn · Tynemouth

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Mon–Fri 12pm–5pm · classic pizza £10.95 · Friday this weekend

Classic pizza £10.95 at Di Meo’s

Di Meo's Whitley Bay · Whitley Bay

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Set menu dishes at Hidden Tiger

Fri & Sat 18–19 Sep · 12pm–5pm · 4 courses from £26.95

Hidden Tiger set menu

Hidden Tiger · Tynemouth

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Prosecco offer graphic at The Astley Arms, Seaton Sluice

Fri & Sat 18–19 Sep · kids £1 Fri · prosecco £14.99 · pizza sharer Sat

Astley Arms weekend deals

The Astley Arms · Seaton Sluice

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Fri 18 Sep 12pm–4pm · from £8.50

Salutation lunch and a drink from £8.50

The Salutation · Tynemouth

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Fish and chips at The Priory, Tynemouth

Fri–Sun 18–20 Sep · fish & chips £12 Friday · 3 small plates £17.50

The Priory fish & chips Friday and small plates

The Priory · Tynemouth

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Fri & Sat 18–19 Sep · 5pm–6:30pm · £9.45 · closed Sun/Mon

La Casetta happy hour pizza or pasta

La Casetta · Whitley Bay

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Davanti Whitley Lodge dining room

Fri–Sun 18–20 Sep · from £15.95

Davanti Rapido 2-course from £15.95

Davanti · Whitley Bay

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Fri 18 Sep 4pm–5pm · £6

Cake and tea or coffee £6 at Valerie’s

Valerie’s Tearoom, Spanish City · Whitley Bay

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Fri 18 Sep from 12pm · two mains from £14.50

Two meals for £14.50 at The Hunting Lodge

The Hunting Lodge · Whitley Bay

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Interior of Hinnies restaurant, East Parade

Fri–Sun 18–20 Sep · set lunch from £22 / dinner from £27

Hinnies autumn set and Friday pre-theatre

Hinnies · Whitley Bay

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Miller & Carter fixed-price lunch menu collage

Fri & Sat 18–19 Sep lunch · 2-for drinks all weekend

Miller & Carter Tynemouth lunch and 2-for drinks

Miller & Carter Tynemouth · North Shields

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Sat 5–Sat 26 Sep · today Sat 19 Mission triple · Fri 18 Ghosts PAST

Whitley Bay Film Festival

Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and nearby · Whitley Bay

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Open today · Sat 19 Sep

Jam Jar Cinema

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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PAST · Amy Milward Fri 18 · ahead Junior Turner Sun 20 3pm

Cullercoats Crescent Club

Cullercoats Crescent Club · Cullercoats

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Official Practical Magic 2 poster — Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as the Owens sisters — from Jam Jar Cinema.

Closed Mon · Thu 17 Sep 11:30am, 2:15pm, 5pm, 8pm · Fri 18 Sep 3pm, 7:30pm · Sat 19 Sep 12pm, 4:15pm, 7pm · Sun 20 Sep 1:15pm, 6:45pm · Tue 22 Sep 4pm, 7pm · Wed 23 Sep 7pm · Thu 24 Sep 12:30pm, 3:30pm, 7pm · Fri 25 Sep 2:15pm, 7:30pm · Sat 26 Sep 3pm · Sun 27 Sep 4:45pm · Tue 29 Sep 3pm · Wed 30 Sep 3pm · Thu 1 Oct 3pm · 12A

Practical Magic 2 at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Thu 17 Sep 12pm · 15

The Odyssey at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Official Pressure poster from Jam Jar Cinema — D-Day 1944, from the producers of Darkest Hour.

Closed Mon · Thu 17 Sep 12:15pm, 2:45pm, 5:15pm, 7:45pm · Sat 19 Sep 11:30am, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 7:45pm · Sun 20 Sep 1pm · Tue 22 Sep 3:30pm · Wed 23 Sep 4:30pm · Thu 24 Sep 12:45pm, 3pm · Thu 1 Oct 12:15pm, 5:15pm · 12A

Pressure at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Thu 17 Sep 4pm · 15

The Death Of Robin Hood at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Teacher addressing a classroom in Bad Apples, Jam Jar still

Fri 18 Sep 7pm · Sat 19 Sep 5pm · Sun 20 Sep 6:30pm · Tue 22 Sep 6pm · Wed 23 Sep 7:30pm · Thu 24 Sep 5:30pm · Fri 25 Sep 1:45pm · Sat 26 Sep 5:45pm · Sun 27 Sep 2:45pm · 15

Bad Apples at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Shaun the Sheep and Bitzer at a farmhouse window in The Beast Of Mossy Bottom, Jam Jar still

Fri 18 Sep 4:45pm, 6pm · Sat 19 Sep 11am, 1:15pm, 3:30pm · Sun 20 Sep 3:15pm, 5:15pm · Tue 22 Sep 4:45pm · Wed 23 Sep 5:30pm · Thu 24 Sep 1pm, 5:15pm, 7:30pm · Fri 25 Sep 5:15pm · Sat 26 Sep 11am, 1pm, 2:45pm, 4:45pm · Sun 27 Sep 11am, 2:30pm · Tue 29 Sep 6pm · Wed 30 Sep 6pm · Thu 1 Oct 6pm · Fri 2 Oct 4:30pm · Sat 3 Oct 12:30pm, 2:45pm · Sun 4 Oct 12:30pm, 2:45pm · Thu 8 Oct 5:30pm · U

Shaun The Sheep: The Beast Of Mossy Bottom at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Resident Evil still: a courier holding industrial doors against a red-lit crowd, Jam Jar

Fri 18 Sep 5pm, 8pm · Sat 19 Sep 2pm, 7:30pm · Sun 20 Sep 4:15pm, 7:15pm · Tue 22 Sep 8:15pm · Wed 23 Sep 5pm, 8pm · Thu 24 Sep 3:15pm, 8pm · Fri 25 Sep 4:30pm · Sat 26 Sep 8pm · Sun 27 Sep 7:30pm · Tue 29 Sep 8pm · Wed 30 Sep 8pm · Thu 1 Oct 8pm · 15

Resident Evil at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Whitley Bay parkrun

Whitley Bay · Whitley Bay

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Gallery still for Exhibition On Screen: James McNeill's Whistler — a framed portrait facing a bench, from Jam Jar Cinema.

Sun 20 Sep 1:30pm · PG

Exhibition On Screen: James McNeill's Whistler at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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Dr. Strangelove still — officers at the war-room table under a world map, from Jam Jar Cinema.

Sun 20 Sep 4pm · PG

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb at Jam Jar

Jam Jar Cinema · Whitley Bay

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PAST · Fri 18 from 5pm · 2/3 courses £20/£25 · kids eat free Mon–Thu

Victors set menu

Victors · Newcastle upon Tyne

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