Grosvenor Road

Grosvenor Road is a street within South Shields and the locations of South Tyneside College. Also the home of South Tyneside College RUFC.

South Tyneside College

South Tyneside College is a large further education college in South Tyneside in North East England, with its main site in the town of South Shields. The college offers part-time and full-time courses for both young students and adults alike. It was formed in 1984 by the merger of Hebburn Technical College and the Marine and Technical College, the latter founded in 1861 by a trust created by Dr Thomas Winterbottom, a former surgeon-general in Sierra Leone.

The college is still one of the largest merchant navy training colleges in the United Kingdom, and attracts students from as far afield as India and Africa. Courses are offered across the whole spectrum of marine education including navigation, operations, mechanical and electrical engineering, communications, and catering.

The Marine and Technical College was formerly based in Ocean Road, South Shields in a purpose-built building opened in 1869. This is now a public house called Kirkpatricks. There is a marine simulation centre at the main Westoe Campus; and more college sites all over South Shields such as the Marine Survival Centre on Wapping Road; the Radar Station next to Ocean Beach Pleasure Park and the St. Hilda's Centre on Coronation Street. The former planetarium was closed in 2008, despite much local objection,[2] and the space now houses a multi-faith chaplaincy.