Designated by the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation in 1990. Built in 1806 by the Duke of Northumberland, the New Quay was North Shields' first deep water quay. It provided an open area for markets and fairs. The New Quay is a magnificent space framed by a set of impressive sandstone buildings. The Northumberland Arms Hotel (HER 7296) later gained notoriety as 'The Jungle'. This was extended sympathetically to the west in the late 1980s with Collingwood Mansions. The Sailor's Home (HER 7277) was added in 1851. The houses to the south and Ferry Mews are 19th century and sandstone. To the west is the 1871 Brewery Bond (HER 2130) saved in 2001 by its conversion. Only the façade of the Chain Locker Public House (HER 7898) has been preserved. The Golden Fleece or Porthole Public House (HER 9276) was rebuilt in 1897. The halfpenny dodger and penny ferries ran from the New Quay to South Shields. The New Cut (now Borough Road) was built in the 1840s as a route from the railway and the ferry. The New Quay was also occupied by the Customs House, shipping office, chandlers, grocers, fruiterers and butchers catering for the private trade and shipping. There are some original setts in the drive of the Sailor's House. On Borough Road there are massive retaining walls. There is an iron bridge connecting Ropery Banks to the cycle route. Hatfield House is a modern building that retains the general shape and bulk of George Otto and Co's building (HER 7856) which it replaced. Since the shipyards closed, the New Quay market place has been used as a car park. The road is merely a through route for pedestrians and cyclists to and from the ferry landing.

Designated in November 1985. The boundary is based on the medieval village (HER 786) and the development around it. The village core was based on a series of burgage plots stretching away from Front Street. By the nineteenth century Benton House took up much of the south side of the street. The medieval layout is still evident at Teal Close (Manor Farm). In the early 20th century Cheviot View was built, Coach Lane council flats in the mid twentieth century. A row of cottages next to the Black Bull public house were demolished in the 1950s leaving a large open space now used as a carpark. Land south of Benton House is a garden with a large lawn, flowers and shrubs and a grade 2 listed ha-ha (HER 7271). South of the garden is an area of public open space with mature trees and a winding red gravel path. Longbenton CA includes a number of grand buildings - Benton House (HER 7270), the former vicarage (HER 7267), North House (HER 7268) and the former Manor Farm (Teal Close). The church of St. Aidan has true landmark qualities. An example of Victorian/Edwardian development is The Terrace. North View House (HER 9409) is one storey, flats at Aidan Court are three storeys. The earlier buildings such as Benton House, the vicarage and North House are built of natural local yellow sandstone. Sandstone is also used on bay windows, porches, door surrounds and quoins on brick houses. The Ship Inn is built of smooth red late Victorian and Edwardian brick, like the metro station. Simmz Deli (HER 7269) is an early C20 shopfront inserted into the west wing of Benton House. Longbenton village used to have several shops such as grocers, butchers, a sweet shop and a smithy (HER 1095). These outlets ceased to be aonce the mid 1900s shopping centre opened at Four Lane Ends. Ethel Williams Hall, The Cottage and several small buildings were demolished in the late 1990s for 62 dwellings at Williams Park.

Designated in 1975 to cover the linear core of the old village (HER 955) and its extensions east and west. In 1993 it was extended to take in most of Station Road. It still retains its neat compact linear shape - a two-row plan with a back lane on both sides and originally a green along the middle. There is mention of 'the new moor of East Boldon' in 1283 AD, suggesting that West Boldon had been split into two. The parish registers of St. Nicholas, West Boldon mention a separate East Boldon in 1574. In 1700 villagers were mostly employed as agricultural labourers. In 1665 there were 15 dwellings in East Boldon - five large farms and cottages. There were joiners, blacksmiths and wheelwrights. In 1751 the local magistrate and rector mention an alehousekeeper. The Colville and Fawcett families held farms and garths in East Boldon in the 18th century. Parson and White's trade directory of 1828 lists only 28 people, including 15 farmers, 2 corn millers, a blacksmith, gardener, tile maker, three victuallers (publicans) and two shopkeepers. The onset of the Industrial Revolution brought change to East Boldon. The Brandling Junction Railway was built between Newcastle and Sunderland in 1839. A station opened at East Boldon in that year, known as Cleadon Lane Station until 1898. Thus the village was connected to the major towns and became a commuter settlement. Whellan's 'History of Durham' 1856 lists a ship-owner, timber merchant, tailor and shoemaker as residents. Until the mid 19th century educational and religious activities took place in West Boldon. The first village school was built in East Boldon in 1855, soon moving to Front Street (now East Boldon Infant School). The Congregational Church Hall was built in 1863, followed by the Congregational Church itself in 1876 and the Methodist Chapel in 1888. By 1877 the number of farmers had fallen and villagers included printers, timber merchants, grocers, enamel manufacturers, six ship-owners, a chemist, spirit merchant, draper, colliery agent, iron merchant and an earthenware manufacturer. Towards the end of the 19th century, East Boldon had become a popular place to live. Professionals lived in large houses with rooms for servants. Ward's Directory of 1890 shows that East Boldon had overtaken West Boldon in population and number of trades listed. In 1904 James Johnson & Sons built a block of offices, a chemist, gentlemen's club, grocer, cobblers and a Barclays Bank in the centre of the village. In 1908 a terrace of shops, with a post office and Martins Bank, was built at Station Terrace. At Black's Corner (named after a cake shop at the junction of Station Road, Sunderland Road and Front Street) there was a branch of the Boldon Colliery Co-operative Society and offices for the North East Electricity Board. The earliest surviving pubs are the Black Bull and Grey Horse. In 1922 St. George's Church was built. East Boldon became a separate parish from West Boldon in October 1930. Interwar housing was built to the west, linking West and East Boldon. 300 homes were built north of the old village core between 1991 and 1996. Most buildings in the CA are one or two storeys. The historic buildings are in a simple traditional local vernacular style with pitched roofs, plain eaves, vertical windows and little ornamentation. The layout is focused on the street frontage woth gardens behind backing onto North and South Lanes. Many gardens have been built upon. Later terraced housing is grander and more imposing than the earlier ones. Early buildings and boundary walls are in local magnesian limestone (rubble or squared). Early roofs were originally in hand made clay pantiles. Victorian roofs are in Welsh slate. Rendering and painting have altered character, particularly on terraces. Traditional windows are timber vertical sliding sashes. Many survive, but just as many have been replaced in modern timber or uPVC. Agricultural buildings have been converted to residential. The core of East Boldon is Front Street, a long straight section of the historic Gateshead to Sunderland road (HER 2315).

Designated in 1975, Monkton Conservation Area is a delightful collection of farms and houses from the 17th to 20th centuries which line Monkton Lane. The origins of the village date back to at least 1074 (HER 152). Monkton was based on four farms - West Farm, Monkton Farm, East Farm and Grange Farm. There were also several large houses including Monkton Hall. In 1826 the Bowes Railway opened from Springwell Colliery to Jarrow Staithes on the River Tyne. The railway skirted the southern edge of Monkton, crossing Monkton Lane at level crossings at either end of the village. The route of the railway limited the village's southern growth but did define a neat quadrant of land which was developed in the 1970s as Cheviot Road. Monkton Stadium opened to the south of the village in the late 19th century. Waste from the smelting of ore for Palmer's shipyard was dumped in open fields north of the village, eventually creating a huge slag heap. The Bede Burn was culverted. The heap was reclaimed as Campbell Park and Bedeswell Park, a 50 acre green area for recreation and nature. Bede's Well is an ancient water source within the park. 20th century development has fractured the medieval pattern at Cheviot Road and has overlain it at High Back Close and Barns Close. Most of the historic buildings in the CA have thick stone walls, pitched roofs, plain eaves and vertical window openings. The Grange and Monkton Farmhouse have restrained classical Georgian proportions. The Lord Nelson public house is in Old English revival style.

Designated in 1973. A rich collection of mainly 18th and 19th century buildings of great architectural character and charm with a deep village green and abundant mature trees. Leafy Church Lane has the 13th century parish church (HER 882). North Guards, the service lane to Front Street, has an urban feel. The modern retail core is on East Street. A linear development on Moor Lane stretches out to West Hall. Green spaces include the village green, Cornthwaite Park, the Recreation Ground, a cricket ground, sports pitches, allotments, open agricultural fields and large mature domestic gardens. Boundary walls are in local magnesian limestone or red brick. The open fields were enclosed in 1718 when farms with smaller fields bounded by hedgerows were created. The burgage plots are still definable within the present development pattern. Small alleys or chares run perpendicular to Front Street to the back of the plots (Chicks Lane, Staffords Lane and Sandy Chare). Whitburn Hall was built by Sir Hedworth Williamson, Olde House by William Wilkinson (became the home of Richard Spoors after his death in 1801) and Red Cottage and Whitburn House by Thomas and Eleanor Barnes. The latter couple also paid for The Barnes Institute in 1905. The early Victorian population of Whitburn was about 800 in only 115 homes. By the late 1870s the population had grown due to industrialisation and the sinking of Whitburn Colliery. The population in 1891 was 3,738. Large detached villas were built by wealthy industrialists and entrepreneurs at The Bank on the north side of Front Street and on Church Lane. More modest terraces were built at North Guards and elsewhere on Front Street. An infant school was built in 1824 and another school in 1852. A Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1812, replaced by the present Methodist Church in 1881. The Co-op was built in 1895. In 1862 Whitburn Cricket Club was established on part of Whitburn Hall's grounds. Edwardian detached, semi-detached and terraced dwellings were built on North Guards, East Street and Moor Lane. There was private building and council housing between the two World Wars and up to the 1950s. Whitburn Hall was demolished in the 1970s.

This Conservation Area stretches from the River Tyne to the A185. To the south-west are railway lines, to the east is the Jarrow Slake car terminal and the River Don. The village of Jarrow (HER 1234 and 1235) and the Anglo-Saxon Monastery (HER 994) are protected as Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAM 46 and 16). The Church of St. Paul (HER 1229) and the upstanding elements of the monastery are listed grade 1. Jarrow Hall (HER 8070) and Jarrow Bridge (HER 2269) are listed grade 2. The churchyard is bounded by stone walls. Jarrow Slake (former mud flats) and the River Don are Sites of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI). Wearmouth and Jarrow monasteries have been selected as the UK's 2009 nomination for World Heritage status. Most of the gravestones have been removed or laid down, with the exception of the Drewhett tombs. The CA largely comprises open grassland and vegetation. There are houses on Quay Corner Avenue and a small brick electricity substation. Quay Corner Avenue is a private road with metal gates at the northern end. There is a timber boarded stable, low stone walls, well kept gardens. The houses include a late 19th century pair of cottages and a post 1938 house. There is a pumping station in the south-west corner of the CA. The Don Valley sewage pumping station of the 1960s is constructed in brick, concrete and steel with a polygonal roof showing clear design intent. There is a network of cycle and pedestrian pathways. Bede's World Museum is a modern brick building which complements the historic Jarrow Hall. The walls, terraces and paving of Drewhett's Park are brick. The cycle paths are tarmac and concrete. There is an attractive mosaic built into the path near the River Don. High voltage power lines cross the CA. The pylons are visually intrusive. There is a concrete overpass for the road and railway line, a pedestrian bridge over the river and concrete culverts. Signage is in timber and is poor quality.

Designated in June 1981. A small compact area of approximately 1 hectare. The CA comprises a remarkably intact group of early Victorian almshouses. These illustrate the wealth of and respect for the seafaring community which influences South Shields' history. There are two neat single storey terraces (HER 4511 and 4513) with enclosed gardens. The terraces and boundary walls are listed grade 2. The terraces include 22 and 17 brick cottages. They face each other across enclosed green courtyards. These are part communal and part private gardens. The boundary walls (HER 4512 and 4514) have railings, pillars and gates. The larger single unit on the north side which faces out of the courtyard was probably the communal library. The terraces and walls were listed in 1983. The terraces are similar but not identical. The CA boundary includes the two back lanes. On the 1862 Ordnance Survey map, only the north terrace existed. Tenders for building the south side were accepted that same year. The track in front of the terraces later became part of Broughton Road. The angled alignment of Sydenham Terrace to the west was the original route to the mariners' cottages before Broughton Road was developed. In 1839 a society was established to provide asylum and annuity to aged mariners, widows and orphans. Ship masters and other notables present at the meeting includes James Redhead, Robert Chapman, Robert Anderson, Joseph Hargreaves, James Young, Dr T.M. Winterbottom, Lord Bishop of Durham, Robert Ingham, Richard Shortridge, Errington Bell and George Potts. Winterbottom, Ingham and Shortridge had established the Marine School in 1866. In 1843 the committee bought one and half acres of land from Richard Ingham to build an asylum on Ogle Terrace Lane. In December 1843 Robert Anderson, builder, laid the foundation stone for five cottages and Dr. Winterbottom gave the society £600 to pay for the buildings. In 1844 the north and west boundary wall and a well were planned. In 1846 Dr Winterbottom presented three further cottages to the society. A library, washroom and four larger cottages were built. These appear to be the easternmost buildings which have a basement level. By 1849 the 21 cottages on the north side were complete. In 1852 Dr Winterbottom donated £100 for gardeners to tend a lawn in front of the cottages. He also presented two baths and a washing machine. In 1856 the society consisted of 121 contributing members and 12 annuitants. In 1858-9 Southampton ballast was procured for the cottage walks. Dr Winterbottom presented £300 for the future painting of the cottages. He died on 8 July 1859 aged 93. In 1862 the south cottages were built by Mr Hepple at a cost of £3000. In 1869 the north boundary wall was partially demolished and a new wall rebuilt. A sewer was installed in the back lane north of the cottages. In 1870-1 a clump of trees was removed from the green of the north cottages and sown with grass. In 1873-5 the internal walls of the cottages were painted with 'bright varnish and red ochre' to remedy damp. In 1876 John Hedley of North Shields bought the land next to the southern cottages on which to build. The society refused to allow the rear lane of the mariners' cottages public and so John Hedley had to build a separate back lane, parallel to that of the cottages, separated by a brick wall. In 1879 the north back lane was resurfaced. The cottage foundations were drained due to damp and walls plastered. In 1881 a new house was built at the west end of the south cottages. There was an objection to the overlooking windows and so they were bricked up in 1884. In 1887 the elder trees were replaced with small privet trees. In 1890-3 the society agreed to build 34 dry ash closets. The clock in the centre of the north cottages was replaced by a circular stone engraved with a misleading '1839'. In 1898 the library was converted into a two-roomed cottage. The books, maps and model ship were given to the Museum and Free Library. The paintings of Dr Winterbottom and his father were loaned to the Marine School in 1910. In 1901-3 a reserve fund of £450 was agreed for the rebuilding of the north terrace. Plans for a combination of flats and houses by Mr J.W. Wardle, architect and Mr. A. Ross, builder were passed by the Town Improvement Committee. The scheme was deferred until 1908 but it never took place. In 1914 a tenant requested a bathroom in her cottage. The request was refused. In 1917 the enclosed land was equally divided amongst the tenants as allotments. Electric lighting was installed in several cottages. The remainder were wired for electric light by the Corporation in 1927. In 1933 the the allotments on the north side were sown with grass seed. New bathrooms were installed in 1935. In 1938 permission was granted for 26 houses on the site of the north terrace. SRB funding in the 1990s replaced the brick panels between the front stone pillars with cast metal railings. New gates were installed {1}.

Designated in 1981. 2 hectares of remnant riverside heritage, containing some very impressive buildings evocative of the area's once pivotal commercial role. The area was dominated by the Subscription Brewery (HER 2341) and Swinburne Glassworks (HER 2340) in 1862. In 1863 the Customs House (HER 4529) was built on the site of the brewery. The River Tyne Police and Port Sanitary Authority buildings (HER 8373) were added in 1886. By 1921 the glassworks were replaced by a looped array of railway lines serving Harton Low Staithes (HER 2456). A short tunnel gave access under the road network. After the 1926 General Strike, there was a riot in Mill Dam sparked by lack of work and tensions over the presence of Yemeni sailors who had been encouraged to work and settle in South Shields for over 40 years. The riot of 1930 left people injured and 20 Yemenis deported. At this time Mill Dam had tidy cobbled streets, a police box and walled yards surrounding wholesale merchants, anchor stockman and engineering works. Demolition of old buildings began in 1930 to coincide with the continuation of Commercial Road. By 1939 there were many cleared spaces. Post war, Mill Dam was derelict and depressed. By 1966 the cobbles had been hidden under concrete, modern lamposts replaced the traditional gas lamps, brick commercial buildings were rendered. By 1973 the site behind the River Police Station had been cleared and the glassworks chimney (HER 4983) had been lowered to its present height. The Customs House was listed in 1978 and in 1981 was sold to the Arts & Live Music Association for restoration and conversion into an arts centre. Work commenced in 1986. The buildings behind the River Police Station were converted into the Dalton's Lane Workshops. After 1987 the land to the rear of the Unity Hall was developed with housing. A new road, Harton Quay was laid out through the grassed former railway sidings. Key buildings in the CA are Staith House (HER 5677), The Waterfront Public House, the chimney (HER 4983), Seafarers Mission (HER 11976) Flying Angel Public House, former Chandlers Buildings, Nos. 53-67 Mill Dam and Unity Hall.

In 1988 Cleadon Pumping Station Conservation Area was designated to cover around 3 hectares of the former water pumping station site and adjacent farm. This was made to protect the unlisted buildings (the dome-covered reservoir, Sunniside Farm and Farm Cottage) plus the trees, boundary walls and open spaces. Designation was prompted by the imminent sale of the site and possible threat of fragmentation. In 1989 the Conservation Area was enlarged to include the windmill, adjacent elevated open grassland (part of the Durham Magnesian limestone plateau and a Site of Special Scientific Interest) and flatter higher grassland to the east of the pumping station. The existing boundary covers some 15 hectares. The name was also changed. Cleadon Hills was designated as a Local Nature Reserve in 1997. The land east of the pumping station falls within the Cleadon Quarry Site of Nature Conservation Importance 1998. The former cooling pond now contains shallow soils that have developed a varied and valuable flora - glaucous sedge, wild thyme, hoary plantain and purging flax are typical of older high quality Magnesium Limestone grasslands. The raised grassland south of the chimney contains calcicolous species (favour limestone-derived soils) such as greater knapweed and rough hawkbit. The area is heavily dominated by brome. Piece of public art entitled 'Grist to the Mill' - a metal sculpture and bench of a split grass seed head. Marks the route of the Linnet Way linking the River Don to the coast at Marsden Old Quarry. There is a network of Magnesian limestone boundary walls some 1.2m high. These field boundary walls have a tapered profile. Some are in roughly coursed rubble with deep recessed mortar and spaces coping stones, other stretches are built in squarer coursed rubble with more tightly packed, regular coping stones.

Extended in March 2004.