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.

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

There are a number of shopping centres near West Boldon including Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

The area close to West Boldon boasts some of the best cities including Newcastle.

Don't miss Newcastle International Airport's airports if visiting the area around West Boldon.

West Boldon History

There are some historic monuments around West Boldon:

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