Find Places To Visit In South Shields, Tyne And Wear

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.

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.

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

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.