What is South Shields?
{{Infobox UK place | official_name = South Shields | label_position = bottom | metropolitan_borough = [[South Tyneside]] | constituency_westminster = [[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]] | dial_code = [[0191]] | postcode_district = NE33, NE34 | postcode_area = NE | post_town = SOUTH SHIELDS | coordinates = {{coord|54|59|42|N|01|25|48|W|display=inline,title}} | country = England | os_grid_reference = NZ365665 | population_ref = ([[United Kingdom census, 2011|2011 census]]) | population = 75,337 | static_image_caption = St. Stephen’s church in South Shields | static_image_name = St.Stephan SouthShields.jpg | region = North East England | metropolitan_county = [[Tyne and Wear]] }} '''South Shields''' is a town in [[Tyne and Wear]]. It used to be a part of [[County Durham]]. It is at the mouth of the [[River Tyne]]. {{multistub|UK|geo}} [[Category:Towns in Tyne and Wear]]