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North Shields (/ ʃ iː l z / SHEELZ) is a town in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.
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The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Tynemouth, with the borough of Wallsend, part of the borough of Whitley Bay, the urban district of Longbenton and part of the urban district of Seaton Valley, all of which were in Northumberland. Killingworth was built as a new townin the 1960s and became part of North Ty...
The following places are located in North Tyneside: North Tyneside is split by the A19: the west of the borough is more urban, and is mostly contiguous with the city of Newcastle. The towns in the east of the borough are more separate from the central part of the Newcastle urban area. Many of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Tyne and Wear are fo...
Unlike most English districts, North Tyneside Council is led by a directly elected mayor; since May 2013, this post has been held by Norma Redfearn of the Labour Party. She was most recently elected on 6 May 2021. The council has sixty elected members, three from each of the twenty wards in the borough. Electionsare staggered into thirds, with one ...
North Tyneside lies in the coalfield that covers the South-East of the historic county of Northumberland. It has traditionally been a centre of heavy industry along with the rest of Tyneside, with for example the Swan Huntershipyard in Wallsend, and export of coal. Today most of the heavy industry has gone, leaving high unemployment in some areas (...
Two key roads serve North Tyneside: 1. The A19 which leaves the A1 north of Newcastle and runs through the borough and then through the Tyne Tunnel to South Tyneside, Teessideand towards the South. 2. The Coast Road(A1058) runs from Newcastle to the coast. For most of its length it is grade-separated. North Tyneside is served by 17 stations on the ...
Segedunum Roman fort is in Wallsend (at the end of Hadrian's wall).The Stephenson Railway Museum in New York, named after George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson who hailed from Tyneside and lived in West Moorin North Tyneside 1802–1824.North Tyneside includes coastline covering Tynemouth, Cullercoats and Whitley BayNorth Shields is a coastal town. It is eight miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne, on the north bank of the River Tyne. It was part of Northumberland. The "Shields " part of its name comes from Middle English. It meant "temporary sheds or huts used by fishermen".
North Shields is situated on the north side of the River Tyne close to the mouth of the river and just upstream from the town of Tynemouth itself. It is linked to South Shields across the river by a ferry. Historically part of Tynemouth, North Shields is the site of a famous fish quay and has much character with many houses of Georgian origin ...
