New Silksworth
Silksworth is a suburb of Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. The area can be distinguished into two parts, old Silksworth, the original village and township which has existed since the early middle ages, and New Silksworth, the industrial age colliery village which expanded north west of the original settlement.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Matthew’s and Tunstall Hills.
Tunstall Hills
Peak
Tunstall Hills is an area of open space in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a Local Nature Reserve and Tunstall Hills And Ryhope Cutting has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest both for its geological and biological importance.
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
School
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Venerable Bede Church of England Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the Tunstall area of Ryhope, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tunstall and Plains Farm.
Tunstall
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tunstall is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England which is mostly a privately purchased estate. It is located to the west of Ryhope, and east of Silksworth.
Plains Farm
Suburb
Plains Farm is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, and is a council-built housing estate, erected in the 1940s. Neighbouring areas include Silksworth, Barnes, Thorney Close, Springwell and Farringdon.
Farringdon
Suburb
Photo: Sunderland Renaissance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Farringdon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally a Monastic grange and manor estate for hundreds of years, Farringdon was rebuilt as a post-war council housing estate in the 1950s.
New Silksworth
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Silksworth”
- Category: locality
- Location: Burdon, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.87472° or 54° 52′ 29″ northLongitude
-1.40763° or 1° 24′ 28″ westElevation
279 feet (85 metres)Open location code
9C6WVHFR+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 29343725OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2641570
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