Did you know that Marsen Beach is also known as Smugglers Cove?
Pirates used the cove to hide there treasure in the large caves as it was originally only accessble by the sea.
Did you know that evidence has been found that both Whitburn and Marsden were Saxon Settlements?
Did you know that 'Jack the Blaster' actually lived in a large cave on Marsden beach before deciding to build his family home?
There is a legend that two Spanish Galleons from the fleeing Spanish Armarda, crashed off Marsden Rock, a bell from one of the galleons is thought to be the bell that is in the Whitburn Parish Church steeple.
It is thought st Hilda obtained a piece of land at souter point to build a monestary which later was marked by a Small church. However the church is no longer there to back up the story.
