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Penshaw Monument, Penshaw, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

Penshaw (34 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear

(1.3 miles, 2.1 km, direction SW of Thorney Close)

Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington...

Sunderland AFC

Sunderland (267 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear

(3.2 miles, 5.1 km, direction NE of Thorney Close)

Sunderland was granted a charter in 1145, the charter gave it market rights and thus the town grew slowly from humble beginnings...

St.Bedes Monastery in Jarrow, Tyne And Wear

Jarrow (4 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction N of Thorney Close)

This is the town that is famous for the 1930's "Hunger March" caused by the intense poverty that followed the closing of the Charles Palmer shipyard. The last of the surviving marchers, Cornelius Whalen died in 2003 at the age of 93...

Beamish: omnibus

Beamish (94 Pictures) in the county of County Durham

(7.6 miles, 12.3 km, direction W of Thorney Close)

Beamish is famous for its lovely open-air museum which so vividly brings to life how the folk of the region lived at the turn of the 20th century...

Millenium Eye, Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne (330 Pictures) a Historic City in the county of Tyne & Wear

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction NW of Thorney Close)

This important City was known as Pons Aelii in Roman times; the Romans built the first bridge over the River Tyne, it was guarded by a Roman fort which was replaced by a castle.....

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Hylton Castle, Sunderland, tyne & WEAR

Hylton Castle (15 Pictures)

(2.7 miles, 4.3 km, direction N)

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Mowbray Park, Sunderland

Mowbray Park (6 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction NE)

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Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham

Lumley Castle (8 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction SW)

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Angel Of The North at Gateshead

Angel of the North (42 Pictures)

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction NW)

Britain's largest sculpture, The Angel of the North weighs in at 208 tonnes and stands 20 metres high. It was based on artist.....

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Beamish Open Air Museum (218 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction W)

Beamish Museum lies in a basin of stunning countryside covering over three hundred acres. This is no ordinary museum, but an.....

Baltic Centre Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

Baltic Centre (3 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction NW)

The Baltic Centre is a new £46m art gallery on the banks of the Tyne and is the latest evidence of the area's growing cultural.....

Arbeia Roman Fort at the Lawe Top in South Shields

Arbeia Roman Fort (4 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction N)

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