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St Mary's Island lies just off the coast a little north of Whitley Bay, about 10 miles from Newcastle. The island is accessed by walking about 80 metres across a causeway which is only slightly covered at HW during neaps but can be almost a metre deep during springs.
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A Victorian park in a wooded valley, There is a deep ravine with picturesque planting, a waterfall and a water mill. The park was presented to the city by Lord Armstrong in 1883 as an act of philanthropy. It forms an interesting comparison with Lord Armstrong's own estate at Cragside. Victorian philanthropists liked to provide town dwellers with something of their own pleasures.