North Shields is a Town in the county of Northumberland.

North Shields postcode: NE29 6QF

Retail in North Shields

There are great places to visit near North Shields including some great villages, ancient sites, beaches, hiking areas, geological features, castles, ruins, islands, towns, roman sites and historic monuments.

Villages to visit near North Shields include Milfield, Craster, Bamburgh, and Duddo.

Don't miss Milfield North Henge, and Duddo Five Stones's ancient sites if visiting the area around North Shields.

Don't miss Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach's beaches if visiting the area around North Shields.

There are a number of hiking areas near North Shields including Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Don't miss Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap's geological features if visiting the area around North Shields.

There are a number of castles near to North Shields including Dunstanburgh Castle.

North Shields has some unmissable ruins nearby like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

There are a several good islands in the area around North Shields like Farne Islands.

Don't miss Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed's towns if visiting the area around North Shields.

Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort are some of North Shields best roman sites to visit near North Shields.

Flodden is one of North Shields's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in North Shields.

North Shields History

There are some historic monuments around North Shields:

• Clifford's Fort
• Marsden lime kilns
• Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Wardley moated site
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Village of Jarrow
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany