River Wear

The River Wear in Northern England rises in the and flows eastwards, mostly through , to the in the City of Sunderland.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in North East England
  • Also known as: Wear

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stadium of Light and Wave Basin Battery Adjacent To Old South Pier.

Stadium
The is an all-seater football in , England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland. With seating for 49,000 spectators, the is the 10th largest football stadium in England.

Lighthouse
Roker is a seaside resort in , city of Sunderland district, . England. It is located north of the River Wear and , east of the southern part of Fulwell with the coastal resort of to its north.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monkwearmouth and Seaburn.

Suburb
is an area of , in England. is located at the north side of the mouth of the River Wear. It was one of the three original settlements on the banks of the River Wear along with Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland.

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.

is a city in in northeast England, with a population of 171,000 in 2021. It's industrial, but has lost traditional trades such as shipbuilding, and is still re-inventing itself.

River Wear

Latitude
54.91806° or 54° 55′ 5″ north
Longitude
-1.35972° or 1° 21′ 35″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9C6WWJ9R+64
Geo­Names ID
2634634
Wiki­data ID
Q1433715
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“River Wear” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ملابس النهر
  • Asturian: Ríu Wear
  • Basque: Wear ibaia
  • Bavarian: Wear
  • Belarusian: Рака Уір
  • Belarusian: Уір
  • Cebuano: River Wear
  • Chinese: 威尔河
  • Chinese: 威爾河
  • Chuvash: Уир
  • Dutch: Wear
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ويار
  • Esperanto: Viuro
  • Estonian: Wear
  • Estonian: Weari jõgi
  • Finnish: Wear
  • French: Wear
  • German: Wear
  • Hausa: Kogin Wear
  • Hebrew: River Wear
  • Hindi: वीयर नदी
  • Hungarian: Wear
  • Italian: Wear (fiume)
  • Italian: Wear
  • Japanese: ウィア川
  • Japanese: ウェア川
  • Ladin: Wear
  • Latin: Viurus
  • Latin: Wirus
  • Malayalam: വിയർ നദി
  • Northern Frisian: Wear
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Wear
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: River Wear
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Wear
  • Norwegian: Wear
  • Polish: Wear
  • Portuguese: Rio wear
  • Portuguese: Rio Wear
  • Russian: Уир
  • Serbian: Вир
  • Serbo-Croatian: Wear
  • Slovak: Wear
  • Spanish: Rio Wear
  • Spanish: Río Wear
  • Swedish: Wear
  • Turkish: Wear Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Вір
  • Vietnamese: Sông Wear
  • Welsh: Afon Wear
  • Western Frisian: Wear (rivier)
  • Western Frisian: Wear

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sunderland Harbour and Stadium of Light.

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