St Paul's Church, Whitley Bay

The building was designed by Anthony Salvin for the Duke of Northumberland. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1]

The parochial church council (PCC) oversees the administration, finances and fabric of the church. The 22 member council, which meets monthly, comprises two clergy, one lay reader, two churchwardens, one treasurer, one diocesan synod representative (who attends meetings with others from the Diocese of Newcastle and Tynemouth Deanery), three deanery synod representatives (who attend meetings with others from the Tynemouth Deanery) and 12 lay members. All members except the clergy and lay reader are elected. The standing committee, consisting of five PCC members, deals with any emergency issues arising between meetings and sets agenda for PCC meetings.

• Norman Banks, later Bishop of Richborough, was the vicar from 1990 until 2000.
• Paul Bayes, later Bishop of Liverpool, served his curacy at St Paul's from 1979 until 1982.

The church has a 15-strong choir. A former organist, John Percival Forster, was killed in the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, aged 28.[3] He was organist at St Paul's for six years from 1912 to 1916. A plaque commemorating his life remains to the right of the altar.

• List of new churches by Anthony Salvin

• St Paul's Bell Ringers
• Entry on British listed buildings website