Rainton Meadows Visitor Centre
Rainton Meadows Visitor Centre is a tourism office in Sunderland, England which is located on Mallard Way. Rainton Meadows Visitor Centre is situated nearby to the playground Wild Play, as well as near Balancing pond.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rainton Meadows and Joe’s Pond.
Rainton Meadows
Nature reserve
Photo: Jimmy Pitt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rainton Meadows is a nature reserve just to the west of East Rainton, County Durham, north-east England. The reserve, which covers 60 ha, and the adjacent Joe's Pond Site of Special Scientific Interest, are managed by Durham Wildlife Trust.
Joe’s Pond
Protected area
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Joe's Pond is a 4-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest that lies to the east of, and adjacent to, the Rainton Meadows nature reserve in Tyne and Wear, England. Joe’s Pond is situated 1,100 feet east of Rainton Meadows Visitor Centre.
St Andrew
Church
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew is a church, which is situated 3,100 feet north of Rainton Meadows Visitor Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilton Moor and East Rainton.
Chilton Moor
Village
Chilton Moor is a village in Tyne and Wear, England. The village is located between Houghton le Spring and Fence Houses on the Tyne and Wear/County Durham county boundary.
East Rainton
Village
East Rainton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hetton, in the Sunderland district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated alongside the A690 road between Sunderland and Durham, near Houghton-le-Spring.
Fence Houses
Village
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fence Houses, or Fencehouses is a village in the City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It came into existence when Napoleonic prisoners were housed on the outskirts of Houghton-le-Spring.
Rainton Meadows Visitor Centre
- Type: Tourism office
- Address: Mallard Way, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 6PU
- Categories: information, building, and tourism
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.83138° or 54° 49′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.49523° or 1° 29′ 43″ westOperator
Durham Wildlife TrustOpen location code
9C6WRGJ3+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 215082596OpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
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