If you are staying at our bed and breakfast accommodation this January, February or March then you may like to visit Sunderland’s National Glass Centre on Liberty Way, Sunderland, SR6 0GL which is located fifteen minutes drive from our guest house accommodation.
You can see more about the history of glass blowing in Sunderland and current glass blowing in these videos…
If you are looking for hotel accommodation for your visit to National Glass Centre in Sunderland our bed and breakfast best price and room availability is here Book Online.
Room information including photographs can be found on the Accommodation page of our website.
Any guests booked to stay with us in 2016 who plan on using the Tyne & Wear Metro to travel to and from our guest house accommodation in South Shields may need to know about the ticket pricing changes that are to take place.
From Saturday 2nd January 2016 Tyne & Wear Metro ticket prices will be as follows…
A one-zone DaySaver ticket will rise from £2.70 to £2.80.
A two-zone DaySaver ticket will rise from £3.70 to £3.90.
A three zone DaySaver ticket will rise from £4.60 to £4.80.
The following leaflet summarises all the ticket prices from 2nd January 2016 onwards…
The following video shows how to use the Tyne & Wear Metro ticket machines…
Barbadian pop music superstar Rihanna is to play a gig at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on Saturday 18th June 2016 as part of her 2016 Anti world tour.
Rihanna today announced her seven month tour dates including six UK venues – Coventry, Cardiff, London, Glasgow, Sunderland and Manchester.
Tickets go on sale from Thursday 3rd December 2015.
More information about Rihanna’s Anti world tour can be found her website here Rihanna (opens in a new window).
Sunderland’s Stadium of Light have also hosted other huge acts including the Foo Fighters, One Direction, Bruce Springsteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Oasis, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Take That and P!nk aka Pink.
You can see Rihanna performing her 2011 single We Found Love at her previous gig at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light in 2013 in this video…
If you are planning on buying tickets for Rihanna’s Anti world tour gig at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on Saturday 18th June 2016 and are looking for hotel accommodation near the concert our bed and breakfast best price and room availability is here Book Online.
At the time of writing we still have rooms available Rihanna’s Anti world tour gig on Saturday 18th June 2016 but we expect a high demand for accommodation so we advise you to book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Room information including photographs can be found on the Accommodation page of our website.
If you are staying with us this Halloween weekend then you might want to visit one of the many haunted places in North East England, we are often asked by guests who stay with us over Halloween for suggestions of places to go so we have made a series of blog posts with all the haunted venues in the North East region that you might like to visit…
Haunted Places In North East England – Marsden Grotto
Marsden Grotto, known locally as just The Grotto is the closest supposedly haunted location to our bed and breakfast accommodation in South Shields.
Marsden Grotto is one of the very few ‘cave bars’ in Europe, it is partly dug into the limestone cliff face.
Access to the Marsden Grotto via a lift or a zig zag staircase on the cliff at the side of the building.
The Marsden Grotto has a long history dating back to 1782 with a reputation for smuggling activities.
There are several tales of hauntings at Marsden Grotto, mainly relating to a smuggler named John the Jibber who was reputedly murdered by his fellow criminals after selling information to HM Customs.
It is said that he was hung in a barrel in a cave close to the present lift shaft and left to starve.
A popular story is that a former landlord of the pub would leave out a special tankard of ale each night after closing and in the morning it would be empty.
Local DJ and TV presenter Alan Robson drank from the tankard during one of his live Metro Radio shows, allegedly sparking off a series of supernatural phenomena that eventually forced the then landlord to quit.
This included flying ashtrays smashing against the wall and flooding in the cellar after all the beer taps were inexplicably turned on.
If you have used the Tyne & Wear Metro to reach our bed and breakfast accommodation then save your ticket as it can be used to save money at several local attractions over half term.
More information about Newcastle Castle can be found on their website here Castle Keep (opens in a new window).
You can take a look around the Castle Keep in this video…
If you are looking for hotel accommodation for your visit to Newcastle upon Tyne’s Castle Keep our bed and breakfast best price and room availability is here Book Online.
Room information including photographs can be found on the Accommodation page of our website.
