Second Sun

Second Sun is a work of art in Burdon, Sunderland, England. Second Sun is situated near Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge, as well as near Wearmouth Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Stadium of Light and Wearmouth Bridge.

Stadium of Light

Stadium

Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Premier League club Sunderland. With seating for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light is the 10th largest football stadium in England. Stadium of Light is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Second Sun.

Wearmouth Bridge

Bridge

Photo: rob bishop, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wearmouth Bridge is a through arch bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland, England. It is the final bridge over the river before its mouth with the North Sea.

Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge is a railway bridge built in 1879, crossing the River Wear at Sunderland and Monkwearmouth. The bridge lies adjacent to and upstream of the Wearmouth Road Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monkwearmouth and Ashbrooke.

Monkwearmouth

Suburb

Photo: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Monkwearmouth is an area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in England. Monkwearmouth is 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.

Ashbrooke

Suburb

Ashbrooke is a residential area of Sunderland, North East England directly south and south-west of the city centre. Ashbrooke developed through the Victorian era as Sunderland's first suburb.

Pallion

Suburb

Photo: Martin Routledge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pallion is a suburb and electoral ward in North West Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Most of the buildings in the area were built during the Victorian Era and consist of large terraced houses built for shipbuilders, but also smaller one-storey cottages in other areas for local workers.

Second Sun

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: Burdon, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.91048° or 54° 54′ 38″ north

Longitude

-1.38339° or 1° 23′ 0″ west

Open location code

9C6WWJ68+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6909709285

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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Highlights: St Peter’s Metro station and Fans Museum.

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Places to explore: St Peter’s and Dunningham Decorators.

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