Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is a municipal museum in , in , England. It contains the only known British example of a gliding reptile, the oldest known vertebrate capable of gliding flight.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: 2:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Museum and Library” and “Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens”
  • Address: Burdon Road, Sunderland, SR1 1PP
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stadium of Light and Sunderland station.

Stadium
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The is an all-seater football in , England, and the eighth and current home to Sunderland. With seating for 49,000 spectators, the is the 10th largest football stadium in England. is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

Railway station
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Sunderland is a railway and metro station in , , England. It is on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between and , via . is situated 850 feet northwest of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

Park
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is a municipal park in the centre of Sunderland, , , located a few hundred yards from the busy thoroughfares of Holmeside and Fawcett Street and bordered by Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to the north, Burdon Road to the west, Toward Road to the east and Park Road to the south. is situated 780 feet south of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashbrooke and Monkwearmouth.

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

Suburb
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is an area of , in . is located at the north side of the mouth of the . It was one of the three original settlements on the banks of the River Wear along with Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland.

Suburb
is a suburb of the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. , which is an area within the Hendon Metropolitan District, was part of the Sunderland South parliamentary constituency for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, but in 2010 was made a ward of the new Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency.

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Latitude
54.90413° or 54° 54′ 15″ north
Longitude
-1.38034° or 1° 22′ 49″ west
Operator
Sunderland City Council
Open location code
9C6WWJ39+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30977185
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7639734
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In Other Languages

From French to Italian—“Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens” goes by many names.

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