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

East Rainton postcode: DH5 9QJ

Retail in East Rainton

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

Gateshead is one of East Rainton's best, nearby towns to visit in East Rainton.

The area around East Rainton features a number of interesting shopping centres including Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

Cities to visit near East Rainton include Newcastle.

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

East Rainton History

There are some historic monuments around East Rainton:

• Harbour House Chapel
• Elvet Bridge
• Chapel of St Mary Magdalene
• Framwellgate Bridge
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Moated site at Low Butterby Farm
• Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
• The Water Gate
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
• Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill
• Maiden Castle promontory fort
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Chester New Bridge
• Kepier Hospital
• Prebend's Bridge
• Ludworth Tower
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
• Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
• Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Concangium Roman fort
• Sherburnhouse Bridge