Location: North Shields 🌎

North Shields ( 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.Since 1974, it has been in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear: its historic administration was as part of the Castle ward in county of Northumberland. It was part of the Tynemouth County Borough; when abolished in 1974, the borough became an unparished area.It is on the northern bank of the River Tyne, opposite to South Shields on the other bank. The name derives from Middle English schele meaning “temporary sheds or huts used by fishermen”.