I Love North Shields

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In North Shields, a conversation is unfolding about culture, community and the town’s future. As ideas gather around our Town of Culture bid, local voices speak with honesty — calling for transparency, youth investment, living heritage and people-first regeneration. From fishing roots to grassroots music, parks to libraries, residents share hopes and cautions alike. This article brings those voices together, revealing a town determined to shape its own story.

#ILNSPhotowalk4: Before the Tide Turns North Shields → South Shields Ferry at Sunset Some moments in a town’s life are quiet ones — the everyday routines...

Since May 2024, I Love North Shields has been quietly building something special. What started as a community-led magazine has grown into a living record of North Shields — its people, places, histories and everyday moments. Written and photographed by those who know this town best, the publication has always had one clear purpose: to bring to the surface what already exists.

North Shields has always been shaped by its young people — their creativity, energy and ideas. Yet too often, young voices are missing from how the town is represented, remembered and imagined. Next Gen is a proposed new project from I Love North Shields in collaboration with Miriam Robson, designed to change that. Currently in development and subject to funding, Next Gen aims to create a youth-led edition of the I Love North Shields magazine, co-created with young people and rooted in their lived experience of the town today. This is not about telling young people what to say. It’s about creating the conditions for them to speak for themselves.

North Shields has always been a town shaped by arrival. For more than 800 years, people have come here by sea — to work, trade,...

A pub, a brewery, and the question of how we give historic buildings a future On the Fish Quay, where the River Tyne meets generations...

What makes people fall in love with North Shields — and stay? Over the past year, we asked people a simple question: What do you love about North Shields? What are your happiest memories here? Do you have any hopes for the future of the town? The responses were thoughtful, personal and deeply rooted in place. Together, they paint a picture of a town shaped by memory, community, history and everyday moments. Here are just some of the reasons people love it here.

In May 2024, I Love North Shields started with a simple question: How do we make sure people know what’s happening in their own town...

Our Pop-Up Gallery at Low Quay Brew Co opened its doors to a full room of familiar faces and plenty of new ones too...