We spotted this new (to us) trail at the ferry landing and followed it along the fish quay, past Clifford fort, up to uncharted territory (to us) above the fish quay where there is a statue of Stan Laurel who lived here as a boy. From here we had fab views over the river estuary across to South Shields.
Then it was on into the town, which was apparently designed by John Dobson before he got on to Newcastle. It's a nice place and we saw it on a nice day which makes all the difference.
The interpretation boards seems very new and gave us lots of information about North Shields that we didn't know. And without them we would probably never have taken this walk. Long live the heritage trail!
So, satisfied that we had done our walking bit for the day, we headed home again on the ferry
