Spanish City, Whitley Bay
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What's on in Whitley Bay this week

Spanish City, The Links and the Metro. Dated listings only. Last updated 19 September 2026.

Last updated 19 September 2026

Whitley Bay is the yellow-line stop for Spanish City and the long beach. 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. Jam Jar is open (closed Mondays). parkrun today Saturday 19, 9am on The Links. Weekend food on Offers, Friday 18–Sunday 20: La Casetta happy hour pizza or pasta £9.45 Saturday 5pm–6:30pm (closed Sunday and Monday); Davanti Rapido from £15.95 Saturday 12pm–10pm, Sunday 12pm–8pm; Hinnies autumn set lunch from £22 / dinner from £27; Astley Arms prosecco £14.99 Saturday, Saturday pizza sharer £19.99, bottomless pizza and prosecco £25pp. Friday-only Valerie’s, Di Meo’s pizza, Hunting Lodge and Spanish City oysters £1.50 5pm–7pm are PAST as tonight. Allard’s is omitted until the official site recovers (still down Wednesday). Beefeater is closed to the public from 10 September. Hidden Tiger set is Saturday 12pm–5pm, 4 courses from £26.95 — Sunday closed. Raiders of the Lost Ark 12A at Jam Jar Sunday 13, 4pm, sold out, is PAST. Love Hurts at PLAYHOUSE Friday 11 is PAST. Thursday 10 is PAST: An Audience with Harry Redknapp at PLAYHOUSE; The Illusionist at Rendezvous Cafe. 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 at Fishermen’s Mission is PAST; today Saturday 19 Behind the Rent Strike, The Filleting Machine and In Fading Light at Fishermen’s Mission, Cullercoats. Launch night Saturday 5 is PAST. PLAYHOUSE tonight: Frankie's Guys. Ahead Sunday: Susan Calman. Elkie Brooks at PLAYHOUSE was Thursday 3 September (PAST).

Bathing water here is classed Excellent. Last text: “No pollution incidents reported”. No live NT coastal Status=1 CSO. EDM Status=1 count=2 network-wide (~08:08 BST, Saturday 19): NWL01003 River Wear Estuary (~07:38 BST) and NWL00995 Tributary of Cockmere Burn (~07:48 BST). Tuesday’s inland NWL01520 Ogle Letch has cleared. Sunday’s River Tyne Quayside (NWL01125) and inland Chester Burn (NWL01024) have cleared. Cullercoats, one stop south, is still Poor — that is a different bay. Check The Bay before you swim.

Saturday 19 September: max 18°C, sunny intervals, rain 40% at 8am, max gust 34mph. Sunday 20: max 18°C, sunny, rain <5%, max gust 33mph. Monday 21: max 20°C, sunny intervals, rain 40% at 6am, max gust 22mph. Met Office Whitley Bay gcycphb7g, updated 5:59am Saturday 19. Indoor cover: Spanish City under the dome. Jam Jar is closed Mondays.

Metro

Yellow line to Whitley Bay. Spanish City and The Links are toward the sea from the station. St Mary's Island is further north along the links.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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