Blyth (Northumberland)

55.128055555556 - 1.5086111111111Koordinaten: 55 ° 8 ' N, 1 ° 31 ' W

Blyth is a small town in the English Northumberland. Located at the mouth of the River Blyth in the North Sea town was once a major port and shipyard city. She was the administrative seat of the district in 2009 resolved Blyth Valley.

Blyth was once a route end point of the North Eastern Railway, a major export port for coal (especially from the 30 miles distant coal district of Ashington ), and a port of the Royal Navy and important shipyard site. For example, was the first British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, built in Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company.

The city now serves as a " bedroom community " of Newcastle upon Tyne. The first offshore wind park in Europe was put into operation in 2000 off the coast of Blyth. Since 1962, Blyth is twinned with Solingen.

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