Cox Green
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cox Green, Tyne and Wear”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Viaduct and Penshaw Monument.
Victoria Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Brian Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Victoria Viaduct, originally known as the Victoria Bridge, is a stone arch rail viaduct spanning the River Wear about 1 mile south-east of Washington in the City of Sunderland North East England.
Penshaw Monument
Monument
Photo: FTMSuperfly, Public domain.
The Penshaw Monument is a memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill in the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland, North East England.
Penshaw Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Martin Le Roy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penshaw Bridge, also known as Fatfield Bridge, is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield. The bridge was opened on 29 January 1890.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penshaw and Offerton.
Penshaw
Village
Photo: FTMSuperfly, Public domain.
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.
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.
Washington
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Washington is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It was a small mining village but from 1964 became the core of a planned New Town, with a population of over 67,000 in 2011.
Cox Green
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.89062° or 54° 53′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.49317° or 1° 29′ 35″ westElevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
9C6WVGR4+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 3099417319OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Cox Green” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cox Green, Tyne and Wear”
- Irish: “Cox Green, Sunderland”
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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 “Cox Green”. Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.