South Shields: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 83,655
• Coordinates: 54.9986° N, 1.4323° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 398 km (247 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Newcastle International Airport (NCL): 17 km (11 mi), straight line
• Teesside International Airport (MME): 54 km (34 mi), straight line
• Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA): 127 km (79 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tynemouth: 2.2 km (1.4 mi)
• North Shields: 2.3 km (1.4 mi)
• Jarrow: 3.9 km (2.4 mi)
• Whitley Bay: 4.7 km (2.9 mi)
• Hebburn: 6.0 km (3.7 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sunderland, 11 km (7 mi)

Things to see

• The Salvation Army (church)
• Queen Victoria (artwork)
• South African War Memorial (memorial)
• South Shields Museum & Art Gallery (museum)
• Westoe Methodist Church (church)
• Westoe Village War Memorial (memorial)