UK Travel: Tyneside, home to Sandhaven beach, George V’s favourite
George V considered Sandhaven, the beach at South Shields, the ‘finest’ anywhere. It is indeed a beautiful spot, with its rolling sand dunes, pleasant promenade and view of the River Tyne. There is an elemental rawness here. Gazing out from the end of the South Pier, which curls into the North Sea for a mile, … Read more