Tynemouth lifeboat station slipway
Tynemouth lifeboat station slipway (82001)
- Easting
- 437383
- Northing
- 569193
Slipway of Tynemouth Station No.1, built 1862 and sold to the Tynemouth Sailing Club in 1919 for £130. Its comprised of three parts; wooden stakes, metal poles (probably the remains of railways) and a rock cut slipway.
- Period
- Post-Medieval (1540 - 1901)
- Period comments
Built in 1862 and sold to the Tynemouth Sailing Club in 1919
- The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known
- 1862
- The latest date of the feature, as a year, if known
- Monument Type - Broad
- Water transport site
- Monument Type - Narrow
- Slipway
- Monument Description
- A structure inclined towards the water on which a ship may be built or lowered into the water.
- Evidence Type - Broad
- Structure
- Evidence Type - Narrow
- Ruined
- Evidence Description
- Man-made, roofless edifice or construction visible as substantial aboveground remains retaining evidence of architecture and materials, but which has been substantially destroyed.
- Object Type - Broad
- Object Type - Narrow
- Object Description
- Height OD (m)
- How accessible is the feature?
- Accessible - difficult terrain
- Accessibility comments
On sandy foreshore, used frequently by a sailing and rowing club for launching.
Other records:
- NRHE Number
- Unknown
- NT HBSMR Number
- Unknown
- HER Event Number
- Unknown
- External Link
- None
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- Date of survey
- 7th August, 2016
- Feature located?
- Yes
- State of the tide
- Low
- Proximity to coast edge
- Intertidal zone
- Coastal processes
- Active sea erosion, Accreting
- Is there a coastal defence?
- No
- Other threats?
- Vehicle damage, Structural damage/decay
- If other, please specify
- Possible damaged from launching vessels
- How visible are the remains? ABOVE GROUND
- Limited visibility (partial remains)
- How visible are the remains in the face of the cliff, ridge or dune? IN SECTION
- Not applicable
- Do you know if the feature is?
- Has local associations/history, Is not locally known
- What actions (if any) would you recommend for this feature?
Photograph of the lifeboat boat house should be taken
- Do you have any other comments?
We informed by a member of Tynemouth Sailing Club that it was an old slipway for the lifeboat station. Old photographs of the lifeboat slipway when it was in use do exist.
