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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.4214,Lat: 54.9616
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	7:44:13am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	South Tyneside
Name	Whiteleas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cleadon	2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Boldon	2.3 km	SouthWest
3 Whitburn	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Jarrow	4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Tynemouth	6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	201 km	NorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	217 km	WestSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	292 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northumbria. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Derwent Reservoir (4 km² at a distance of 36 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 72.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 102 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 165 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Newcastle Airport (at a distance of 19 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

23.6 km2

35.2%

Urban area

36.7 km2

54.6%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of South Shields in country England

South Shields at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	23 km	SouthWest
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	WestNorthWest
3 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	95 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at South Tyneside

Type of weather in South Tyneside	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:44 Europe/Amsterdam