Temple Memorial Park

Temple Memorial Park was given to the people of South Shields by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1946 to recognise their contribution to winning the war at sea in the Second World War. A cycle speedway track was built in 1967. St Cuthbert's church on King George Road burned down in the early 1970s and the North Pastures Farm (located within Temple Park) was demolished in the late 1960s. Constructed on the site of the former cycle speedway track, the Temple Park Centre was opened in 1977, offering facilities including a swimming pool, closed in October 2013 and demolished in 2018. Temple Park Junior school closed on 31 August 2011 and, after attacks by vandals, demolished in 2018.