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

Jarrow postcode: NE32 3JU

Retail in Jarrow

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

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

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

The area around Jarrow's best cities can be found at Newcastle.

There are a number of airports near to Jarrow including Newcastle International Airport.

Jarrow History

There are some historic monuments around Jarrow:

• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall under the forecourt of the Fosse public house
• Medieval fortified house, known as the Camera of Adam, Heaton
• Clifford's Fort
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall near the junction of Fossway and Shields Road
• Enclosure 600yds (540m) NE of Burradon House
• Village of Jarrow
• 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 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall 171m long across Millers Dene playing field
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Wardley moated site
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue