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.

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

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

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

Whitburn History

There are some historic monuments around Whitburn:

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