Find Places To Visit In South Shields, Tyne And Wear

Seven stainless steel collier brigs, setting sail in the remains of an old dry dock by the river in South Shields.

A monument built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and also celebrate William Wouldhave and Henry Greathead, two of the people credited with the design of the first self-righting lifeboat.

A statue to John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his unlikely companion.

Bronze statue close to the River Tyne, depicting the history of South Shields.

A pleasant green with many fine views of magnificent landmarks of North and South Shields.

An urban conservation area, with grand buildings, cobbled lanes, River Tyne views, and a few pubs.

One of Blighty’s oldest wooden ship-lapped buildings. Fresh from a new coat of paint.

Edwardian Baroque styled town hall which embodies civic pride.

Lime kilns on the coast near South Shields, built in the 1870s.

A sculpture comprising 22 bronze figures by Juan Muñoz near South Shields beach.

A reconstruction of a gatehouse and buildings on the original foundations of the Roman buildings.

A statue to local heroine Dolly Peel, a smuggler, fighter against the pressgang and eventually nurse.

A huge rock standing on the beach at Marsden, South Shields that has collapsed into an arch an then to a single rock.

A unique gun that would disappear into its turret to reload, devised during the Crimean War.

A Victorian Public Park on South Shields seafront that is part of a 4km chain of parks.

A Victorian lighthouse built in 1882, still used for navigational purposes today.