South Shields Town Centre offers a first rate shopping experience, blending traditional markets with modern high street names. There are great transport links with buses and the Tyneside Metro coming from across the region right into the heart of the town centre. The Shields Ferry runs crossings from the north of the Tyne and there are excellent road links from the A1(M) and A19.

South Shields offers a great range of shops in the main King Street and Waterloo Square areas, offering high street names such as Debenhams, NEXT, Marks and Spencer's and BHS. These are situated in recently refurbished pedestrian precincts where you can enjoy your shopping in a safe and spacious environment. There are also plenty of shops nearby in Fowler Street, Ocean Road, the Denmark Centre and Queen Street, catering for all your shopping requirements.

South Shields Market is the focal point for the town centre and attracts thousands of visitors and bargain hunters from near and far. Each week it is alive with the buzz of bargain hunters and the banter of stallholders.

The long-established Market offers all the best to be found in an open-air traditional marketplace. It is one of the oldest and most popular markets in the Northeast. The market is held in a traditional square with the Eighteenth century old town hall at its heart. The historic church of St Hilda stands on the South side of the marketplace, there has been a church on the site since 647 A.D.

Markets are held on the following days between 10.00am and 4.00pm:

Monday: Traditional
Friday: Flea
Saturday: Traditional

Telephone: 0191 4545617

Around South Tyneside many local areas provide good shopping facilities, including Jarrow, Hebburn, The Nook and Laygate. The Metrocentre at Gateshead, one of Europe's largest shopping centres, and the vibrant city centres of Newcastle and Sunderland are close at hand and are accessible by Metro.

For outdoor types, South Tyneside is home to one of the most famous brands in the world, J Barbour & Sons Ltd - the jacket people! There are some great bargains to be had at the factory outlet and the service centre refurbishes garments from around the world.
Address: Simonside, South Shields, Tyne And Wear, NE34 9PD.
Telephone: 0191 428 4707 Website: www.barbour.com

South Shields Town Centre Guide: Telephone 0191 4543894
Car parking information: Telephone 0191 4247617
South Shields Shopmobility: Telephone 01914546286 or visit www.southshieldsshopmobility.org.uk
Map of parking areas in South Shields from southtyneside.info