Wrekenton is a Town in the county of Tyne and Wear.

Wrekenton postcode: NE9 7JN

Retail in Wrekenton

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

There are a number of towns near to Wrekenton including Gateshead.

Metrocentre, and Eldon Square are great places to visit near Wrekenton if you like shopping centres.

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

Newcastle International Airport is a great place to visit close to Wrekenton if you like airports.

Wrekenton History

There are some historic monuments around Wrekenton:

• Site of Ravensworth coalmill, 600m north east of Ravensworth Castle
• Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm
• Chapel on the south side of Kingsley Avenue
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower
• Wardley moated site
• Old Tyne Bridge (land arches)
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• St Mary's Well, Jesmond
• Newcastle Swing Bridge
• Ravensworth quadrangular castle
• Bowes Railway
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Ever, Morden and Heber towers, two turrets and two sections of town ditch
• Chester New Bridge
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Closegate and Water Tower
• Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 6, Condercum Roman fort, Benwell
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 5, sections of wall in playing field of Rutherford School
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall and town ditch between Forth Street and Hanover Street
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Durham Tower and section of town ditch
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Byker section of Hadrian's Wall and presumed site of milecastle 3 at Shields Road West
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: Gunner Tower
• Washingwells Roman fort, Whickham
• DUNSTON STAITHES
• Salter's Bridge, Gosforth
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 4, sections of wall between Crawhall Road and Jubilee Road
• The Friars, remains of Dominican friary
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion
• St Mary's Chapel, Jesmond
• Medieval fortified house, known as the Camera of Adam, Heaton
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue
• Concangium Roman fort
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall under the forecourt of the Fosse public house
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall 171m long across Millers Dene playing field
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including St Andrew's Tower and section of town ditch
• Harbour House Chapel
• Coal mining remains at Dunston Hill
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall near the junction of Fossway and Shields Road