Albany is a Town in the county of Tyne and Wear.

Albany postcode: NE37 1RA

Retail in Albany

There are great places to visit near Albany including some great towns, shopping centres, cities and airports.

Don't miss Gateshead's towns if visiting the area around Albany.

Albany's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

Places near Albany feature a number of interesting cities including Newcastle.

Newcastle International Airport is a great place to visit close to Albany if you like airports.

Albany History

There are some historic monuments around Albany:

• Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
• Site of Ravensworth coalmill, 600m north east of Ravensworth Castle
• Wardley moated site
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Harbour House Chapel
• Newcastle Swing Bridge
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall near the junction of Fossway and Shields Road
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower
• Bowes Railway
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 4, sections of wall between Crawhall Road and Jubilee Road
• Medieval fortified house, known as the Camera of Adam, Heaton
• Chester New Bridge
• DUNSTON STAITHES
• Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• St Mary's Well, Jesmond
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall under the forecourt of the Fosse public house
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Closegate and Water Tower
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: Gunner Tower
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Durham Tower and section of town ditch
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue
• St Mary's Chapel, Jesmond
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Byker section of Hadrian's Wall and presumed site of milecastle 3 at Shields Road West
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion
• The Friars, remains of Dominican friary
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Ever, Morden and Heber towers, two turrets and two sections of town ditch
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall 171m long across Millers Dene playing field
• Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including St Andrew's Tower and section of town ditch
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• Village of Jarrow
• Old Tyne Bridge (land arches)
• Concangium Roman fort
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall and town ditch between Forth Street and Hanover Street
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow