Anyone live in Whitburn?

[anewloginapparently]

Seems to be quite cheap compared to Seaburn/Roker. Near the sea, nice walks and near to beaches & from what I remember it's a nice little village, handy for Sunderland and Shields, and near some other nice places (Cleadon etc)...

So what's the catch?

Any decent pubs & restaurants?

[redgauntlet]

According to a friend of mine, who lives there, a lot of interbreeding went on in the past.

[Sneech]

Originally Posted by anewloginapparently

Seems to be quite cheap compared to Seaburn/Roker. Near the sea, nice walks and near to beaches & from what I remember it's a nice little village, handy for Sunderland and Shields, and near some other nice places (Cleadon etc)...

So what's the catch?

Any decent pubs & restaurants?

There's the catch.

There is the Jolly Sailor, The Grey Horse and The Club. I've never had any bother in them but when I lived there (albeit briefly) there was sometimes trouble on a night.

There's a chippy which closes early, and a decorative cake shop apart from that I don't think there's much else.

The good news is that you are only a ten minute walk from the scraneries of Seaburn and a taxi ride from the pubs of Roker / Fulwell etc

Apart from that I found it a pleasant place to live.

[Paddy O'Dors]

Public transport is shite. You have to get a bus to either Sunderland or Shields before you can gan aynwhere else.

[Kenny Penny]

Originally Posted by Paddy O'Dors

Public transport is shite. You have to get a bus to either Sunderland or Shields before you can gan aynwhere else.

That's the thing they don't want you going anywhere else no6. You might enjoy it

[Wise Man Says]

Nice enough place but not a great deal there.

[LeadBelly86]

Originally Posted by Sneech

There's the catch.

There's a chippy which closes early, and a decorative cake shop apart from that I don't think there's much else.

Not true. There's a Dr. Funkenstein's fancy dress shop iirc.

[Jarra Dicka]

Originally Posted by LeadBelly86

Not true. There's a Dr. Funkenstein's fancy dress shop iirc.

And a dog groomers

[LeadBelly86]

Originally Posted by Jarra Dicka

And a dog groomers

Aye, and the information centre for pig husbandry.

[Paddy O'Dors]

Originally Posted by LeadBelly86

Not true. There's a Dr. Funkenstein's fancy dress shop iirc.

Closed down i think. Pretty sure there's a florists there now