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Westoe, South Shields — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Westoe began as a village outside South Shields and is now a quarter of the town, keeping Westoe Hall, Ivy House and Chapel House on its streets.
About Westoe
Where to stay in Westoe
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
South Shields books the room. Westoe is the part of the town where the old village stood, and the entries along it, Westoe Hall, The White House, Ivy House, Chapel House and Meadowcroft, are names on the register rather than places to sleep. The town centre answers that.
From a South Shields base the South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, St Hilda's Church and the South Shields War Memorial sit close to the Westoe streets, with the Church of St Michael and St Peter's Church on the same round.
About Westoe
What are the main landmarks in Westoe?
Houses make the list here. Westoe Hall, Ivy House, Chapel House, The White House, Meadowcroft and the Former Talbot Memorial House run along the old village ground, six named buildings on a single quarter of South Shields. Three churches join them.
St Hilda's Church, St Peter's Church and the Church of St Michael each carry entries, and the South Shields Museum & Art Gallery and the South Shields War Memorial complete what stands on this ground.
What is the history of Westoe?
A village came first on this ground. It stood apart from South Shields until the town grew out to take it in, and the name survives for the area where the village once was, as well as for an electoral ward used in local politics. The old fabric stayed.
Westoe Hall, Ivy House, Chapel House and The White House remain from that older settlement, the Former Talbot Memorial House and Meadowcroft stand with them, and St Hilda's Church anchors the parish side of the South Tyneside district.
Where is Westoe?
The quarter occupies the ground of the former village inside South Shields, in the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear, England.
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Updated September 2026