Thorney Close
Thorney Close is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in England. It is located on the northern edge of the A690, and borders with Grindon to the north and Herrington to the south, and the A19 to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Chad’s and The Bottoms.
The Bottoms
Forest
The Bottoms is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies just south of the A181 road, roughly midway between the Cassop and Wheatley Hill villages, some 10 km south-east of Durham city.
Sunderland College
College
Sunderland College, officially City of Sunderland College, is a further education and higher education college based in Sunderland, North East England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farringdon and Grindon.
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.
Grindon
Suburb
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grindon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Located three miles to the west of the city centre along Chester Road, Grindon originated as a Norman-era manor holding and was recreated into a post-war housing estate in the 20th century.
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.
Thorney Close
- Type: Suburb with 11,100 residents
- Description: suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.88213° or 54° 52′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.43441° or 1° 26′ 4″ westPopulation
11,100Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)Open location code
9C6WVHJ8+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 351131774OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13268220Wikidata ID
Q16897401
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