in the county of Tyne & Wear
(1.9 miles, 3.1 km, direction S)Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington...
in the county of Tyne & Wear
(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction E)Sunderland was granted a charter in 1145, the charter gave it market rights and thus the town grew slowly from humble beginnings...
in the county of Tyne & Wear
(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction N)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...
in the county of County Durham
(6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction W)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...
a Historic City in the county of Tyne & Wear
(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction NW)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.....
All towns in Tyne & Wear
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Britain's largest sculpture, The Angel of the North weighs in at 208 tonnes and stands 20 metres high. It was based on artist.....
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.....
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