East Boldon is a Village in the county of Tyne and Wear.

East Boldon postcode: NE36 0UQ

Retail in East Boldon

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

Gateshead is a great place to visit close to East Boldon if you like towns.

There are a several good shopping centres in the East Boldon area like Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

Places near East Boldon feature a number of interesting cities including Newcastle.

Don't miss Newcastle International Airport's airports if visiting the area around East Boldon.

East Boldon History

There are some historic monuments around East Boldon:

• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Village of Jarrow
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Ryhope pumping engines
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Wardley moated site
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Marsden lime kilns
• Clifford's Fort
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery