South Shields can be referred to as one of the coastal towns in ‘Tyne and Wear, England’; situated at mouth of ‘River Tyne’. It’s, in fact a portion of South Tyneside’s metropolitan borough; that is inclusive of riverside towns- Hebburn and Jarrow; and also hamlets of Whitburn, Cleadon, and Boldon. In parliament, South Shields has been represented by David Milliband, a person representing the ‘Labor Party’.
South Shields has been located in ‘peninsula setting’; wherein ‘River Tyne’ goes on to meet ‘North Sea’. It can boast of coastline of 6 miles and river frontage of 4 miles. Westoe village is the most ancient part of South Shields. It comprises of a calm street of Victorian and Georgian houses. Most of them have been built by business tycoons of town.
The population of South Shields as per census conducted off late is 90000. Majority of people staying over here are descendants of the ones who had migrated during Industrial revolution.
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