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

Jarrow postcode: NE32 3JU

Retail in Jarrow

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

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

Shopping Centres to visit near Jarrow include Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

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

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

Jarrow History

There are some historic monuments around Jarrow:

• Village of Jarrow
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Byker section of Hadrian's Wall and presumed site of milecastle 3 at Shields Road West
• Medieval fortified house, known as the Camera of Adam, Heaton
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Wardley moated site
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall 171m long across Millers Dene playing field
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall near the junction of Fossway and Shields Road
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• 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 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue
• Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Enclosure 600yds (540m) NE of Burradon House
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Clifford's Fort