South Shields
South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.
- Town with about 75,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 feet (10 metres)
- Description: town in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as“Shields”“South Shields, Durham”
Places of Interest
Discover Arbeia and Tynemouth Priory and Castle.
Tynemouth Priory and Castle
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tynemouth and Whitley Bay.
Wallsend
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South Shields
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Latitude
54.9987° or 54° 59′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.4322° or 1° 25′ 56″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SSH
Open location code
9C6WXHX9+F4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“South Shields” goes by many names.
شيلدز الجنوبيةArabic
Սաութ ՇիլդսArmenian
South ShieldsAsturian
South ShieldsBasque
Саўт-ШылдсBelarusian
সাউথ শিল্ডBengali
South ShieldsBreton
Саут ШийлдсBulgarian
South ShieldsCatalan
South ShieldsCebuano
南希尔兹Chinese
南希尔德斯Chinese
南希爾德斯Chinese
South ShieldsCzech
South ShieldsDutch
ساوث شيلدزEgyptian Arabic
South ShieldsFinnish
South ShieldsGalician
દક્ષિણ શિલ્ડ્સGujarati
סאות‘ שילדסHebrew
South ShieldsIndonesian
Shields TheasIrish
South ShieldsItalian
サウス・シールズJapanese
ಸೌತ್ ಶೀಲ್ಡ್ಸ್Kannada
사우스실즈Korean
South ShieldsLadin
SautšīldsaLatvian
Saut ŠildsasLithuanian
South ShieldsNorthern Frisian
South ShieldsNorwegian
South ShieldsNorwegian Bokmål
South ShieldsNorwegian Nynorsk
ساوت شیلدزPersian
South ShieldsPolish
South ShieldsRomanian
Саут-ШилдсRussian
Саут ШилдсSerbian
South ShieldsSerbo-Croatian
South ShieldsSilesian
South ShieldsSlovenian
ساوت شیلدزSouth Azerbaijani
South ShieldsSwedish
தெற்கு ஷீல்ட்ஸ்Tamil
Саус-ШилдсTatar
సౌత్ షీల్డ్స్Telugu
Саут-ШилдсUkrainian
ساؤتھ شیلڈزUrdu
South ShieldsWelsh
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