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.

The area close to Jarrow boasts some of the best towns including Gateshead.

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

Newcastle is one of Jarrow's best, nearby cities to visit in Jarrow.

Places near Jarrow feature a number of interesting airports including Newcastle International Airport.

Jarrow History

There are some historic monuments around Jarrow:

• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Byker section of Hadrian's Wall and presumed site of milecastle 3 at Shields Road West
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Wardley moated site
• Clifford's Fort
• Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Enclosure 600yds (540m) NE of Burradon House
• Medieval fortified house, known as the Camera of Adam, Heaton
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Village of Jarrow
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall near the junction of Fossway and Shields Road
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall under the forecourt of the Fosse public house
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall 171m long across Millers Dene playing field
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• 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