North Shields is a town on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula, overlooking Boston Bay in Spencer Gulf in South Australia. In 2011 it had a population of 503. It is 11 km (6.8 mi) north of Port Lincoln. The Lincoln Highway runs north-south through the town. The Port Lincoln Airport is located at North Shields, close to its boundary with Point Boston. A postal receiving office at North Shields opened on 13 August 1908. It was upgraded to a post office in April 1910, but from 2 April 1993 has existed as a Community Postal Agent operating out of the Port Lincoln Caravan Park on Lincoln Highway. North Shields formerly had a primary school; however, this closed, and the Port Lincoln Lions Club Hostel was built on the old school site in 1973.