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.

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

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

There are a several good cities in the area around Whitburn like Newcastle.

Airports to visit near Whitburn include Newcastle International Airport.

Whitburn History

There are some historic monuments around Whitburn:

• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Lizard Lane Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
• Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory
• First World War early warning acoustic mirror on Namey Hill, 570m north of Carley Hill Cricket Ground
• Tynemouth Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, monasteries, site of lighthouse, cross, motte, enclosure and artillery castles and later coastal defences
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Roman fort, South Shields
• Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
• Ryhope pumping engines
• Marsden lime kilns
• Clifford's Fort