Attractions around Sunderland

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A selection of attractions in and around Sunderland:

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Sunderland (< 1 Mile)

Exciting hands-on exhibits and interactive displays tell the story of Sunderland from its prehistoric past through to the present day. The art gallery features paintings...

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Northern Gallery, Sunderland (< 1 Mile)

The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art is based in Sunderland and is one of the most prestigious art galleries in the north of England....

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Mowbray Park, Sunderland (< 1 Mile)

Originally opened in 1857, Mowbray Park is an excellent example of how the Victorians constructed ‘green lungs’ in industrialised towns and cities. In 2000, Heritage...

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Monkwearmouth Station Museum, Sunderland (1.2 Miles)

All of the collections at this fascinating museum are related to some form of transport, and on the whole are dedicated to the great age...

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Ryhope Engines Museum, Sunderland (3.4 Miles)

Ryhope Engines Museum is based in the Ryhope Pumping Station that was built in 1868 to supply water to both Sunderland and the many surrounding...

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Hylton Castle, Sunderland (4.1 Miles)

Sir William Hylton built the original castle around 1400, and this distinctive and highly decorative gatehouse is all that is left of the fine building...

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Washington Old Hall, Washington (5.7 Miles)

In the middle of the New Town of Washington, Tyne & Wear, lies the original village and Washington Old Hall, the ancestral home of America’s...

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Souter Lighthouse, Sunderland (6.5 Miles)

Souter Lighthouse started operating in 1871 and was, at the time, the most advanced in the world, being the first to be powered by electricity....

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Souter Lighthouse, Whitburn (6.5 Miles)

Souter Lighthouse once protected shipping from the notorious rocks in the approaches to the rivers Tyne and Wear. Now it offers a safe haven...

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Washington F Pit Museum, Washington (6.8 Miles)

Washington ‘F’ Pit’s magnificent Victorian steam engine, engine house and headgear are preserved to mark the town’s coalmining heritage that reaches back over 250 years....

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Bowes Railway Centre, Gateshead (9 Miles)

For railway enthusiasts this is one of the real treats of the region as it is the only place in the country where it is...

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South Shields Museum, South Shields (9.3 Miles)

South Shields Museum and Gallery explores a long and fascinating cultural history in this region of the northeast. One of the central exhibitions is...

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St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow (9.7 Miles)

Home of the Venerable Bede, the chronicler of the beginnings of Christianity, Jarrow is one of the most important and studied monastic sites of Anglo-Saxon...

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Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields (9.8 Miles)

Four miles east of the end of Hadrian’s Wall, Arbeia Roman Fort, in South Shields, guarded the entrance to the River Tyne. Built around AD160,...

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Bedes World, Jarrow (9.9 Miles)

Discover the exciting world of Venerable Bede, early Europe’s greatest scholar who lived and worked at the monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow 1300 years ago. Bede’s...

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)

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