Whitburn is a Village in the county of Tyne and Wear.

Retail in Whitburn

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

There are a several good towns in the area around Whitburn like Gateshead.

The area around Whitburn boasts some of the best shopping centres including Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

Don't miss Newcastle's cities if visiting the area around Whitburn.

Whitburn is near some unmissable airports like Newcastle International Airport,

Whitburn History

There are some historic monuments around Whitburn:

• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Marsden lime kilns
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Clifford's Fort
• Ryhope pumping engines