7 of the best pubs for a drink after the Great North Run 2023

The world’s greatest half marathon returns tomorrow (September 10) with none other than Olympic gold medalist Sir Mo Farah completing his final professional race.

Among the general public, celebrities including Strictly Come Dancing and Dragon’s Den star Sara Davies will be running for the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust charity.

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Emmerdale actresses Laura Norton (Kerry Wyatt) and Isabel Hodgins (Victoria Sugden) will also appear in CureUSHER.

Aside from trying to catch a glimpse of the famous faces of the participants, all you want to do after the race is have a drink and eat something.

And you’re lucky for that. We’ve scouted seven pubs in South Shields to visit after completing the Great North Run.

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While we can’t guarantee how good the pubs will be on the day with 60,000 in attendance, we can highly recommend the pubs near the finish line.

This list is of course not exhaustive and there are many other locations around South Shields and beyond, but if you’re tired on your feet this might be your best bet.

As usual, the Great North Run finishes at Coast Road in South Shields.

Here are the ten pubs in South Shields after The Great North Run:

• Bamburgh (175 Bamburgh Ave, South Shields NE34 6SS)
• Fountain (116 Highfield Rd, South Shields NE34 6JL)
• New Crown Hotel (Mowbray Road, South Shields NE33 3NG)
• Harbor Lights (101 Lawe Rd, South Shields NE33 2AJ)
• The Maltings Pub (9 Claypath Ln, La, South Shields NE33 4PG)
• The Criterion (2a Ocean Rd, South Shields NE33 2HZ)
• Sand Dancer (2 Sea Rd, South Shields NE33 2LD)