Site of Woolworths store (built 1921) that fell to an air raid on 2nd October 1941. Presently vacant.

19th Century. Scale and proportions typical of that age. Original windows. Brick. Three storeys plus dormer window in roof space. Two storey bay windows at first and second floors. Presently [2011] the O2 shop.

The distinctive new ferry landing, built by Harbour & General, was officially opened in July 1999. It consists of a 50m steel bridge leading to a 32 square metre reinforced concrete pontoon. The landing provides three berths as well as an indoor waiting room and offices. The landing was built at the Pallion Yard in Sunderland and transported by sea as a floating vessel. The landing itself is made of watertight concrete and the workshop buildings and waiting room were built on top later. It was named Maisie’s Landing after Councillor Maisie Stewart, who at the time was Lord Mayor of South Shields. The name was chosen through a competition in the South Shields Gazette.
There have been ferries across the Tyne since the 14th Century and this is the only service that remains. The ferry service makes just under 25,000 journeys a year and carries nearly 400,000 passengers a year. There are two vessels that operate the service, currently The Pride of the Tyne (1993) and The Spirit of the Tyne (2007). Justification for Inclusion:
Historically a crossing at this point.

In 1980 a Youth Enterprise Project team, South Shields painted a mural in Commercial Road. The mural was designed by D. Wilkinson to depict the history of the town from its Roman beginnings up to the industrial era of the 1970s. It is hand painted on a retaining wall of an old railway embankment that used to carry trains into Low Shields Station (long since demolished). Justification for Inclusion:
Wall of railway embankment.
Social vibrancy – relevant to the social history of the area.
Recently restored due to public pressure.

February 1795 wreck of English cargo vessel which stranded at North Shields, prior to departing, laden with coal; a wooden sailing vessel. Owner: Scarth

1784 wreck of British craft which grounded on the "Lowlights Point" on leaving Shields, and was beached at North Shields for sale; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Johnson

BRITISH CUTTER, 1878 `Vessel broke from her moorings, went ashore and was wrecked in wind conditions SSW force 8.'
Master: J Morrison
Owner: J Morrison, Newcastle upon Tyne

1825 wreck of English brig which stranded north of Tynemouth Haven after grounding on the Black Middens, apparently while attempting to return to Sunderland during a sleet storm. Having left Sunderland for London with coal, she was a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Richardson

BRITISH BRIG, 1831. Lost in storms on the 1st and 2nd February 1831. Master: John Brown
Crew Lost: All

1784 wreck of British craft which stranded north of Shields during a storm; a wooden sailing vessel. Master: Atkin