Houghton-le-Spring is a Town in the county of Tyne and Wear.

Houghton-le-Spring postcode: DH4 4DH

Retail in Houghton-le-Spring

There are great places to visit near Houghton-le-Spring including some great towns, shopping centres, cities and airports.

Gateshead is a great place to visit close to Houghton-le-Spring if you like towns.

Houghton-le-Spring has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

The area around Houghton-le-Spring's best cities can be found at Newcastle.

The area close to Houghton-le-Spring boasts some of the best airports including Newcastle International Airport.

Houghton-le-Spring History

There are some historic monuments around Houghton-le-Spring:

• Harbour House Chapel
• Chapel of St Mary Magdalene
• Maiden Castle promontory fort
• Chester New Bridge
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Ryhope pumping engines
• Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Kepier Hospital
• Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
• Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Ludworth Tower
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Sherburnhouse Bridge