Whitburn

Whitburn is a village in , in the metropolitan county of on the coast of . It is located 3 miles north of the city of and 4 miles south of the town of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 5,350 residents
  • Description: village in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
  • Also known as: “Whitburn, South Tyneside” and “Whitburn, Tyne and Wear”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitburn Mill and Whitburn Church of England Academy.

Windmill
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is a windmill.

School
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or Whitburn CofE Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whitburn, . Its motto is "Excellence for all".

Memorial
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seaburn and Cleadon.

Suburb
is a seaside resort and northeastern suburb of Sunderland, . The village of Whitburn borders the area to the north. To the west and south-west is Fulwell and to the south the coastal resort of Roker.

Village
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is a suburban village in in the . Prior to the creation of in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, the village was part of the .

Suburb
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is an affluent area and former civil parish in the Sunderland district, in the county of , England. The parish was abolished in 1928 as a result of the Sunderland Corporation Act 1927, and the area incorporated into the former County Borough of Sunderland. is situated 2 miles southwest of Whitburn.

Whitburn

Latitude
54.95299° or 54° 57′ 11″ north
Longitude
-1.36695° or 1° 22′ 1″ west
Population
5,350
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
Open location code
9C6WXJ3M+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 467128727
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634138
Wiki­data ID
Q7994159
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Whitburn” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Whitburn (Tyne eta Wear)”
  • Basque: “Whitburn”
  • Cebuano: “Whitburn”
  • Chinese: “惠特本”
  • Dutch: “Whitburn”
  • French: “Whitburn”
  • Irish: “Whitburn”
  • Japanese: “ウィットバーン”
  • Japanese: “ホイットバーン”
  • Persian: “وایتبرن، تاین و ور”
  • Polish: “Whitburn (South Tyneside)”
  • Polish: “Whitburn”
  • Portuguese: “Whitburn”
  • Russian: “Уитберн”
  • Swedish: “Whitburn, England”
  • Swedish: “Whitburn”
  • Urdu: “وٹبرن، ٹائن اینڈ ویئر”
  • Welsh: “Whitburn, Tyne and Wear”
  • Welsh: “Whitburn”

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