{"id":108918,"date":"2019-07-12T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-whitley-bay-tyne-and-wear-it-has-maintained-its-pride-and-beauty\/"},"modified":"2019-07-12T23:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:06:39","slug":"lets-move-to-whitley-bay-tyne-and-wear-it-has-maintained-its-pride-and-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-whitley-bay-tyne-and-wear-it-has-maintained-its-pride-and-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear: it has maintained its pride and beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDespite a dose of that dubious urban medicine \u2018regeneration\u2019, it seems to be thrivingWhat\u2019s going for it? The trouble with British seaside resorts, if reports are to be believed, is that they fall into two camps: ruined, despairing and utterly beyond all hope, or Whitstable. If you spend time visiting every prom, pier, amusement arcade, instant doughnut purveyor, rock shop and groyne in the country, as I do (everyone needs a hobby), you will know the truth is more complex. Whitley Bay, for instance, while having suffered the usual despond when we all started jetting off to Benidorm, maintained its pride and, importantly, its beauty. There are few finer, or fresher, walks than along the cliff edge between Tynemouth and St Mary\u2019s lighthouse. The path-cum-prom twists and turns past low, craggy cliffs, soft sands and wild waters on one side, and fine Victorian terraces, pleasant cafes and municipal verges on the other, stopping in for a mooch in the charity shops and independent stores of Park View and finishing up with a crab sarnie at the restored and stupendous Spanish City, of Dire Straits fame (pop culture reference there for the kids). Whitley Bay has had a dose of that dubious urban medicine \u201cregeneration\u201d, but seems to be thriving. Legions of social media executives haven\u2019t downsized here from Jesmond in Newcastle, and you\u2019re not tripping over public art\/artists every five metres.The case against Precious little. It\u2019s a delight. You\u2019ve got to withstand the occasional wind straight outta Siberia, but that goes with the territory. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2019\/jul\/12\/lets-move-to-whitley-bay-tyne-and-wear\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s move to Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear: it has maintained its pride and beauty<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Despite a dose of that dubious urban medicine \u2018regeneration\u2019, it seems to be thrivingWhat\u2019s going&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-skK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54701,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/on-the-bright-side-a-colourful-restoration-in-whitley-bay\/","url_meta":{"origin":108918,"position":0},"title":"On the bright side: a colourful restoration in Whitley Bay","date":"May 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r How one young mum turned a nondescript Victorian terrace house into a cosy family home, and herself into an interior designerWhile buying even a studio flat is a pipe dream for many first-time buyers in London, living in the most affordable region of England has enabled first-time buyers Steph\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11958,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/secret-to-making-no-smell-socks-is-kids-play-says-devon-farmer\/","url_meta":{"origin":108918,"position":1},"title":"Secret to making no-smell socks is kids&#039; play, says Devon farmer","date":"May 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Steve Whitley uses the fleece of his young angora goats in hosiery that \u2018can be worn for as much as a year without washing\u2019A Devon famer is claiming to have invented by accident socks that don\u2019t smell and don\u2019t need washing.Steve Whitley said the fleece of angora kid goats\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48428,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-wakefield-west-yorkshire\/","url_meta":{"origin":108918,"position":2},"title":"Let&#039;s move to Wakefield, West Yorkshire","date":"September 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A lorra ring roads, retail parks and fag packet tower blocksWhat's going for it? 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