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.

Places near Albany feature a number of interesting towns including Gateshead.

There are a number of shopping centres near Albany including Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

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

Newcastle International Airport is one of Albany's best, nearby airports to visit in Albany.

Albany History

There are some historic monuments around Albany:

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