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Shields Ferry: ferry timetables, routes and today's sailings

2 routes · 32 sailings today

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Status today

No live data right now: statuses follow the published timetable.

Key
  • Normal service
  • Be aware
  • Disruptions
  • Cancelled

Departures in the next 2 hours

No departures in the next 2 hours. Next: South Shields → North Shields, Mon 26 Oct 06:45.

North Shields → South Shields

Route page

Tomorrow’s sailings

  1. Shields FerryScheduled
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  25. 3 more sailings: all times in the timetable below

Today’s sailings

Earlier sailings
  1. Show earlier sailings
  2. 4 earlier sailings: all times in the timetable below
  3. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  4. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  5. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  6. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
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  13. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  14. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  15. Now ·

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in North Shields

Sun 25 Oct10:3011:0011:3012:0012:3013:0013:3014:0014:3015:0015:3016:0016:3017:0017:3018:00
Mon 26 Oct – Wed 28 Oct07:0007:3008:0008:3009:0009:3010:0010:3011:0011:3012:0012:3013:0013:3014:0014:3015:0015:3016:0016:3017:0017:3018:0018:3019:0019:3020:00
Thu 29 Oct – Sat 31 Oct07:0007:3008:0008:3009:0009:3010:0010:3011:0011:3012:0012:3013:0013:3014:0014:3015:0015:3016:0016:3017:0017:3018:0018:3019:0019:3020:0020:3021:0021:3022:0022:3022:50

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.

South Shields → North Shields

Route page

Tomorrow’s sailings

  1. Shields FerryScheduled
  2. Shields FerryScheduled
  3. Shields FerryScheduled
  4. Shields FerryScheduled
  5. Shields FerryScheduled
  6. Shields FerryScheduled
  7. Shields FerryScheduled
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  10. Shields FerryScheduled
  11. Shields FerryScheduled
  12. Shields FerryScheduled
  13. Shields FerryScheduled
  14. Shields FerryScheduled
  15. Shields FerryScheduled
  16. Shields FerryScheduled
  17. Shields FerryScheduled
  18. Shields FerryScheduled
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  20. Shields FerryScheduled
  21. Shields FerryScheduled
  22. Shields FerryScheduled
  23. Shields FerryScheduled
  24. Shields FerryScheduled
  25. 3 more sailings: all times in the timetable below

Today’s sailings

Earlier sailings
  1. Show earlier sailings
  2. 4 earlier sailings: all times in the timetable below
  3. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  4. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  5. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  6. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  7. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  8. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  9. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  10. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  11. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  12. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  13. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  14. Shields FerryArrived, estimated
  15. Now ·

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in South Shields

Sun 25 Oct10:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:45
Mon 26 Oct – Wed 28 Oct06:4507:1507:4508:1508:4509:1509:4510:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:45
Thu 29 Oct – Sat 31 Oct06:4507:1507:4508:1508:4509:1509:4510:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:4521:1521:4522:1522:40

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
North Shields
North ShieldsWind from W 17–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 33 knwaves 1.2–1.4 m9 °CWind from S 11–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 31 knwaves 0.8–1.5 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 1.0 mm/hvisibility down to 3.5 km
South Shields
South ShieldsWind from W 17–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 33 knwaves 1.2–1.4 m9 °CWind from S 11–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 31 knwaves 0.8–1.5 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 1.0 mm/hvisibility down to 3.5 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:13. It doesn’t tell whether a sailing will run: that is up to the operator.

Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Wind converted from m/s to knots and the Beaufort scale. Waves come from the nearest sea point of MET’s ocean model, which covers north-west Europe only; gusts only where MET forecasts them (the Nordic area).Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Models ECMWF IFS and ECMWF WAM (© ECMWF, CC BY 4.0), 9 km grid: wind in knots converted to the Beaufort scale, temperature at sea level, precipitation (rain, showers and snow) as the hourly total shown for the hour it falls in, waves and mean wave period from the model’s nearest sea point, visibility shown only below 5 km; nearby places in the same grid cell share the same figures.Daily lows and highs, and the hour with the most precipitation, worked out by ferrywhere. Each figure comes from MET Norway where MET forecasts it, otherwise from Open-Meteo.

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Questions about Shields Ferry

Is the Shields Ferry running today?

Today’s timetable has 16 sailings from North Shields to South Shields (first at 10:30, last at 18:00) and 16 sailings from South Shields to North Shields (first at 10:15, last at 17:45). We have no live data on these sailings today: their statuses follow the published timetable.

How long is the Shields Ferry crossing?

The crossing takes 7 min.

What time are the first and last Shields Ferry sailings?

From North Shields the first ferry usually leaves at 07:00 and the last at 20:00, local time. From South Shields the first ferry usually leaves at 06:45 and the last at 19:45, local time.

How often does the Shields Ferry run?

In the next 7 days the timetable has 196 sailings from North Shields to South Shields and 196 sailings from South Shields to North Shields.

About Shields Ferry

Shields Ferry runs 2 routes in the timetables we follow, calling at 2 ports in the United Kingdom. Over the next 7 days they add up to 392 scheduled departures.

According to the published timetables every crossing takes 7 min.

We don’t sell tickets: book on the official Shields Ferry website.

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