There has been no recent work on the docks.
It seems that there are no plans to begin building houses in the foreseeable future


Reports suggest that for now the site is to be 'landscaped'
and a riverside footpath and cycleway constructed.
Smith's Docks in North Shields was in its heyday one of the biggest ship repair yards. It closed in 1990 and has stood derelict since. The intention of this blog is not to write the history of the yard, which I am sure is better done elsewhere, but simply to record changes as they happen while the site is converted from the dereliction to a fully functioning housing development.

