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

West Boldon postcode: NE36 0JH

Retail in West Boldon

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

The area around West Boldon's best towns can be found at Gateshead.

West Boldon's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

Cities to visit near West Boldon include Newcastle.

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

West Boldon History

There are some historic monuments around West Boldon:

• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Village of Jarrow
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Ryhope pumping engines
• Wardley moated site
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Clifford's Fort
• 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
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Marsden lime kilns
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue