ARMS: Sable Gutté-d'Or in base an Embattled Wall thereon an Eagle displayed Or.

Motto 'SITU EXORITUR SEGEDUNI' - Arose on the site of Segedunum.
Granted 8th October 1902.

The eagle is that of Rome, standing on a representation of the Hadrian's Wall, the border of the Roman Empire in the second century AD. The black field and the golden drops stand for the coal and copper-smelting industries.
The motto tells that Wallsend arose on the site of the Roman settlement of Segedunum.