Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: England
• Level 2: Borough of North Tyneside

Current local time in North Shields:

05:12 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

North Shields on map:^[1]

North Shields GPS coordinates^[2]

55° 0' 59.256" North, 1° 26' 57.3" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	55.41757°,	-2.15238°
Center:	55.01646°,	-1.44925°
Lower-right:	54.6113°,	-0.74613°
Map W x H:	89.6×89.6 km	= 55.7×55.7mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑13.2% North
North Shields:	55.01646°
min Lat:	⇓86.8% South 34.60088°

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min Long	North Shields	max Long
-7.64133°	-1.44925°	32.95536°
W 56.6%⇐		⇒43.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of North Shields is 42 m = 138 ft, and this is 30.9 m = 101 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	63.1%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
North Shields	42 m = 138 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	36.9%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

North Shields is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1283.9 km =797.8 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from North Shields
North Pole	3889.8	2417	to North
Arctic Circle	1283.9	797.8	to North
Tropic Cancer	3511.3	2181.8	to South
Equator	6117.3	3801.1	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around North Shields: (largest is in red/bold)

• Backworth 5.8 km =3.6 mi, 299°
• East Boldon 8.1 km =5 mi, 170°
• Felling 10.5 km =6.5 mi, 227°
• Gosforth 10.8 km =6.7 mi, 260°
• Hebburn 6.4 km =4 mi, 221°
• Jarrow 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 209°
• Seaton Delaval 7.9 km =4.9 mi, 321°
• Seghill 8.2 km =5.1 mi, 308°
• Shiremoor 4.4 km =2.7 mi, 298°
• South Shields 2.3 km =1.4 mi, 151°
• The Boldons 8.2 km =5.1 mi, 181°
• Tynemouth 1.5 km =0.9 mi, 84°
• Wallsend 6.1 km =3.8 mi, 242°
• Whitburn 8.7 km =5.4 mi, 143°
• Whitley Bay 2.6 km =1.6 mi, 2°