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.

Don't miss Gateshead's towns if visiting the area around West Boldon.

The area around West Boldon boasts some of the best shopping centres including Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

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

Places near West Boldon feature a number of interesting airports including Newcastle International Airport.

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