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, cities, airports and shopping centres.

There are a number of towns near to West Boldon including Gateshead.

Places near West Boldon feature a number of interesting cities including Newcastle.

There are a several good airports in the area around West Boldon like Newcastle International Airport.

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

West Boldon History

There are some historic monuments around West Boldon:

• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, two sections of Hadrian's Wall between Sharpe Road and The Avenue
• St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Wardley moated site
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 2, Walker section of Hadrian's Wall 171m long across Millers Dene playing field
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 1, three sections between Stotts Road and Vauxhall Road
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Marsden lime kilns
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, Wallsend Roman fort, Segedunum
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Ryhope pumping engines
• Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 0, section between Eastfield Avenue and Tumulus Avenue
• Roman fort, South Shields
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm
• Clifford's Fort
• Village of Jarrow