I had cycled by on a journey from Newcastle to Amble.
I returned to take a closer look.

The pool fell into disrepair, and in the mid 90s the Local Authority demolished the ancillary buildings and bulldozed the rubble into the pool, at a cost of £200,000, before filling with concrete and imported boulders to form an artificial ‘rock pool’.
The anticipated marine life they introduced never flourished and the pool remains an eyesore to this day.
Friends of Tynemouth Pool
There are plans for restoration and renewal.

So that once again the merry bathers may bathe merrily.

There’s still a long way to go.



























