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North Shields

North Shields is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of . It is situated next to the North Shields Transport Hub, on the west side of Bedford Street and The Beacon Centre.
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Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: metro station in Tyne & Wear, England, UK
  • Also known as: “North Shields metro station” and “North Shields Metro station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christ Church and Arbeia.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, , , is an Anglican church in the parish of North Shields , Diocese of Newcastle. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,… is situated 1,200 feet north of North Shields.

Archaeological site
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a large Roman fort in , , , now ruined, and which has been partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s. is situated 4,000 feet east of North Shields.

Lighthouse
Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in , in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. is situated 2,600 feet east of North Shields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Shields and South Shields.

Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the borough of in , England. It is 8 miles north-east of and borders nearby and .

Town
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is a coastal port town in , , England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the . The town was known in Roman times as and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middle Ages.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large town in in northeast England, nine miles east of . It's the largest of a series of towns on the north bank of the Tyne estuary, running into North Shields to the west and Cullercoats to the north, also described on this page.

North Shields

Latitude
55.00814° or 55° 0′ 29″ north
Longitude
-1.44896° or 1° 26′ 56″ west
Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)
Operator
Nexus
Network
Tyne and Wear Metro
Open location code
9C7W2H52+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7350643561
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
7677025
Wiki­data ID
Q7056635
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North Shields”. Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.