Penshaw
Penshaw, formerly known as Painshaw or Pensher is a village in the metropolitan district of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically, Penshaw was located in County Durham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village and former civil parish in City of Sunderland, UK
- Also known as: “Old Penshaw” and “Painshaw”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biddick Hall and St Oswald.
Biddick Hall
Manor estate
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Biddick Hall is a small privately owned 18th-century country mansion at Bournmoor, County Durham, near the City of Sunderland and Chester-le-Street. It is a Grade I listed building and the home of the Lambton family.
Herrington Country Park
Park
Photo: Ajguy94, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Herrington Country Park is a country park and open public space in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Located adjacent to Penshaw Monument, the park was built on the site of a former colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cox Green and Newbottle.
Cox Green
Hamlet
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cox Green is a village in the Sunderland district, Tyne and Wear, England, situated on the south bank of the River Wear between Penshaw and Offerton. The village is linked to Washington Staithes on the north bank of the river, by the Cox Green Footbridge.
Newbottle
Village
Newbottle is a village in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, England. The village is situated between Durham 8 miles and Sunderland is 5 miles. It was historically a part of County Durham.
Offerton
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Offerton is a hamlet in the Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated about 4 miles west of Sunderland city centre. Offerton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Penshaw.
Penshaw
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.87495° or 54° 52′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.49556° or 1° 29′ 44″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
9C6WVGF3+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 29343269OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Penshaw” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “彭肖”
- Dutch: “Penshaw”
- French: “Penshaw”
- Irish: “Penshaw”
- Polish: “Penshaw”
- Swedish: “Penshaw”
- “Penshaw”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Penshaw”. Photo: FTMSuperfly, Public domain.