IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
River Drive, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE33 1TL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to River Drive, NE33 1TL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (109 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
River Drive, South Shields
The River Tyne is on the right beyond the trees and hedge.
Image: © Russel Wills
Taken: 5 Aug 2014
0.04 miles
2
Dolly Peel statue
This statue of Dolly Peel (1782 - 1857), celebrated fishwife, smuggler, nurse and "character", stands on green space adjacent to River Drive. The lean on the plinth is not a photographic fault - the plinth really does lean at about 4 degrees from the vertical!
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 29 Nov 2019
0.06 miles
3
Dolly Peel statue, River Drive, South Shields
Dorothy ('Dolly') Peel (1782-1857) was a South Shields fishwife and smuggler and famous local character. She often attempted to protect local sailors from the press gang.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Peel
The life size statue was by Billy Gofton and was unveiled in 1987.
http://www.pmsa.org.uk/pmsa-database/9521/
Newcastle Libraries has a photo of Dolly here http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4083338251/
Image: © Andrew Curtis
Taken: 10 Dec 2010
0.07 miles
4
Sea-angling boats moored in the Tyne
A Scot LH-7 (Leith) and a Geordie, 'The Boys'. Off the carpark at the end of Long Row, South Shields.
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 16 Apr 2011
0.08 miles
5
Small craft in the Tyne
Slipways in South Shields and river moorings for small vessels.
Image: © James Allan
Taken: 10 Apr 2013
0.08 miles
6
River Tyne
North East Maritime Trust buildings on the River Tyne at South Shields.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 21 May 2011
0.08 miles
7
Boats on the River Tyne
The view from South Shields towards North Shields on the opposite bank.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 27 Aug 2017
0.08 miles
10
Boat moorings on the Tyne
Off Long Row, South Shields. Dolphin Quay in North Shields is straight ahead.
Image: © Stanley Howe
Taken: 16 Apr 2011
0.09 miles