Connect South Shields with Slow Ways
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Tyne & Wear
Slow Ways linking South Shields and East Boldon, Jarrow, Whitburn (Tyne & Wear)
England / Tyne & Wear / South Shields
South Shields’s three Slow Ways are 67% checked
Help connect South Shields
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to South Shields from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Jarrow—South Shields
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Jarsou one |
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1 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 55m | Descent 66m | ||
South Shields—East Boldon
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Souteas one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 40m | Descent 25m | ||
South Shields—Whitburn (Tyne & Wear)
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Souwhi one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 202m | Descent 217m |
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Collective progress
67% of South Shields’s three route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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1/3
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6 people have contributed to South Shields’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
1 people have surveyed a route in South Shields
18km out of 25km have been walked and reviewed
64km of reviews have been shared in South Shields
Latest Updates
I think it would have been nicer to start the walk straight down the pedestrianised King Street and through the Old Town Hall in the Market Place. Unfortunately, the path to the road included steps which could only be avoided by staying on the road and missing this landscaped section. It was a great relief to turn off the busy roads for the delightful Don riverside walk (accessed by three or four steps, but I think they can be avoided from the path a few metres to the north) past the old Jarrow Bridge, the Monastery and Jarrow Hall, where a short diversion from the car park took me to The Hive Coffee Company café which is open daily 9-4. The road walk after this passed the Tyne Tunnels with access to the lovely 1950s pedestrian and cycling tunnels....
Mary Oz
At the start you can see right down the coast to the Cleveland Hills and even Boulby cliffs, north Yorkshire on a clear day....
Mark Scorer
Walked from South Shields to Jarrow in October 2023 … a journey I have made by car many times!...
Lynn Coulson
The route starts out in the town centre and goes along streets out of town past shops, houses and industrial units. Then it was a short stretch of Bridleway with some interesting artwork leading to the River Don. It was a short walk from there up the bank to the town centre....
Philip Le Marquand
I walked this from South Shields to Whitburn as part of a longer journey from Jarrow to Sunderland....
Philip Le Marquand
Philip Le Marquand took this photo on Souwhi one
Walk this routeThere's lots to see on this coastal walk from Whitburn to South Shields including a labyrinth, lighthouse, birds and beaches....
Saira
At the start there is a local museum for those interested and some interesting architecture as you walk to the seafront where there is a nice below-ground Victorian public toilet if like me you like a bit of nostalgia (and another one above ground, no stairs, also victorian farther along the route)....
Jane Johnson
Martin Ainscow added Souteas one, a new walk from South Shields to East Boldon
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Jarsou one, a new walk from Jarrow to South Shields
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Souwhi one, a new walk from South Shields to Whitburn (Tyne & Wear)
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South Shields’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
NZ3630867237
Lat / Lon
54.99840° / -1.43399°
Easting / Northing
436,308E / 567,237N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between South Shields and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of South Shields's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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