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.

Places near West Boldon feature a number of interesting towns including Gateshead.

Metrocentre, and Eldon Square are some of West Boldon best shopping centres to visit near West Boldon.

Newcastle is a great place to visit close to West Boldon if you like cities.

The area close to West Boldon boasts some of the best airports including Newcastle International Airport.

West Boldon History

There are some historic monuments around West Boldon:

• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall 171m long across Millers Dene playing field
• Marsden lime kilns
• 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
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Clifford's Fort
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Village of Jarrow
• Ryhope pumping engines
• Wardley moated site
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm