The Low Lights Tavern
is North Shields’ oldest pub having weathered more than two centuries of both economic and earthly storms.
Although the first record of it is in 1834, it could have actually been in existence around 400 years.
The attractive, squat white painted building with its narrow windows and low doorway that poses a headache inducing threat to anyone over 5ft 8in, is a magnet for those who value “olde worlde” charm.
A traditional pub with a real community of friends, many of them Real Ale lovers, who have joined a long list of fishermen, career sailors, travellers, merchants and ne’er do wells who have populated the cosy, low ceilinged bar of the Grade II-Listed tavern in its history.
The Low Lights Tavern is 50 yards up Brew House Bank, from Union Road on North Shields’ famous Fish Quay. The quay itself began life in 1225 as a simple village of shielings (huts) from which the town of North Shields takes its name. The quay was originally located here to serve the nearby Tynemouth Castle and Priory.