Whitburn is a Village in the county of Tyne and Wear.

Retail in Whitburn

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

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

There are a several good shopping centres in the Whitburn area like Metrocentre, and Eldon Square.

The area around Whitburn's best cities can be found at Newcastle.

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

Whitburn History

There are some historic monuments around Whitburn:

• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Ryhope pumping engines
• 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
• Marsden lime kilns
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Clifford's Fort
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm