Whitley Bay's two nightclubs are to be found on the seafront along with a number of hotels and restaurants.

March 18, 1968 saw the birth of the floodlights at Hillheads Park, Whitley Bay's first fixture to be played under them was a friendly match against Newcastle United.

The early 1970s saw Whitley Bay's success continue with even more silverware: winning the League Cup in 1970 – 71, and the County Cup in 1970 – 71 and 1972 – 73.

During Bobby's first season in charge he achieved Whitley Bay's highest league position in 15 years, finishing 5th.

Unfortunately a bad run of injuries halted Whitley Bay's chances and later prevented them from winning the league.

It wasn't until five years later that Whitley Bay's supporters witnessed their club being relegated again, this time to the Northern Football League in 1999 – 2000.

Whitley also had a huge home along his ceremonial boulevard, the " first house " you saw as you turned from Chandler Blvd.

The county seat, Williamsburg, is also named for Colonel Whitley, with the first court held at the home of the town's earliest resident, Samuel Cox.

North Corbin, just north of Whitley County is home to Sanders Cafe, which is the birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Barncliffe Mill at Brookhouse, former home to Shelley Textiles, became the headquarters for Whitley Willows Ltd after the closure of the Lepton mill.

He exhibited his first films in the Whitley factory in Hunslet, Leeds and in Oakwood Grange, the Whitley home in Roundhay, Leeds, but they were not distributed to the general public.

Whitley Bay Ice Rink is home of Whitley Warriors Ice Hockey Club.

Just south of Olive Hill is Sandy Hook, the boyhood home of Keith Whitley, whose house is now a museum, exhibited in conjunction with the annual Tobacco Festival.

The segment through Hollywood was the first to be built through a heavily populated area and requiring the moving or demolition of many buildings, including Rudolph Valentino's former home in Whitley Heights.

Whitley Bay play their home matches at Hillheads Park, which is adjacent to the Whitley Bay Ice Rink in Whitley Bay and has a maximum capacity of 4, 500.

Topcliffe opened in September 1940 as a bomber station in RAF Bomber Command and was home to 77 and 102 Squadrons flying the Whitley heavy bomber.

According to Le Prince's son, Adolphe, it was filmed at Oakwood Grange, the home of Joseph and Sarah Whitley, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom on October 14, 1888.

The playing fields between the A33 and the Basingstoke Road in south west Whitley are home to the only known colony of Grass Adders in the UK.

His brother, Dan Whitley, commented on November 11, 2005 that Chris was " in a comfortable warm home with hospice care at his disposal ".

After suffering financial difficulties and being unable to attract enough spectators to afford the rent, the Vipers moved home mid-season in November 2009, leaving the arena to move to Whitley Bay Ice Rink, as tenants of the Warriors.

A stone cottage in Church Way, Earsdon, near Whitley Bay, was used as Super Gran's home.

* May 9 — Rising country star Keith Whitley is found dead at his home, a victim of alcohol poisoning.

The college operated an off-campus program in several surrounding counties before 1992, but the Laurel Center in London and the McCreary Center in Whitley City were the first two permanent centers outside Somerset Community College ’ s original Pulaski County, Kentucky home.

The quarter-final in 1965 saw Whitley Bay play Hendon, which set a club ground record, when 7, 301 supporters made their way into the stadium, only to be disappointed by the final outcome which saw Hendon winning the match 3 – 1.

Whitley Bay Rockcliff RFC play at the Lovaine Avenue ground in Hillheads.

Whitley Bay Ladies ' Hockey Club was formed in 1950 and consisted of a 1st XI-played at Hillheads Grammar School ( now Marden Bridge Middle School and the present base ).

Finally, to finish a memorable season in charge, Whitley Bay also won the Northumberland Senior Cup, beating Newcastle Blue Star 2 – 1 at Hillheads Park.

* In 1990, Whitley Bay beat Preston North End 2 – 0 at Hillheads in the second round of the F. A.

Due to low crowds and problems getting regular ice time at the Arena, in November 2010 the Vipers were forced to move in with the ' old enemy ' and play for part of their final season out of the Hillheads rink in Whitley Bay.

Spanning the river at the border of McCreary and Whitley counties, the waterfall is the central feature of Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.

Two pioneers to be noted: Hobart Johnstone Whitley, promoter extraordinaire, one of the " Boomers " who built towns in a day after the 1889 " Oklahoma Land Rush ," who drew the designs for some 150 towns with a stick in the dust, including the San Fernando Valley cities of Van Nuys, Reseda, and Canoga Park, and founder of Hollywood, just over the hill.

Much like in the San Fernando Valley ( Van Nuys and Canoga Park his " creations "), Whitley " leveraged " his holdings with the support of important Los Angeles businessmen.

Gervais attended Whitley Park Infants and Junior Schools and received his secondary education at Ashmead Comprehensive School, before moving on to University College London in 1979.

Concurrently and perhaps pre-aware, the Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company, a syndicate led by Harry Chandler, Hobart Johnstone Whitley, president of the company, James B. Lankershim, and Isaac Van Nuys, extended the Pacific Electric Railway ( Red Cars ) through the Valley to Owensmouth ( now Canoga Park and West Hills ) and laid out plans for roads and the towns of Lankershim ( now Toluca Lake ), Van Nuys, Marian ( now Reseda ) and Owensmouth.

Park View Collective are independent traders, businesses and service providers located in and around Park View in Whitley Bay.

A new skatepark opened in the Panama Dip in 2008, following the creation of a new children's play park on Whitley Park the previous year.

Plans for a new library and joint service centre on the site of Whitley Park have proved more controversial and are currently ( March 2009 ) mired in the planning process.

| Ashington # 6 ) and Phil Bell ( Whitley Bay ) contest a ball at the Northumberland Senior Cup 2010 Final at St James ' Park.

* On the 11 May 2002, Whitley Bay won the FA Vase for the first time in their history, beating Tiptree United 1 – 0 in extra-time in the final at Villa Park.

After passing under the M4 motorway, the stream passes through the Green Park Business Park, near Whitley, where it provides the water for the landscaped lakes.

This was followed on 26 October by a night exercise being conducted by the squadron, with two Avro 504s towing four gliders, and on 13 December five gliders were towed to Tatton Park, where they landed alongside sixteen parachutists dropped from two Whitley bombers.

| Whitley Bay ) contest a ball at the Northumberland Senior Cup 2010 Final at St James ' Park.