The Limes
The Limes is a recreation area in Sunderland, England. The Limes is situated nearby to the sports venue Sikh Leisure Centre, as well as near the gurdwara Guru Gobind Singh Sikh Temple (Sunderland).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mowbray Park and Park Lane.
Mowbray Park
Park
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Mowbray Park is a municipal park in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, 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. Mowbray Park is situated 2,100 feet north of The Limes.
Park Lane
Railway station
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Park Lane is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the port city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 28 April 2002, following the opening of the extension from Pelaw to South Hylton. Park Lane is situated 2,200 feet north of The Limes.
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Museum
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is a municipal museum in Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. It contains the only known British example of a gliding reptile, the oldest known vertebrate capable of gliding flight. Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is situated 2,800 feet north of The Limes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashbrooke and Grangetown.
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.
Grangetown
Suburb
Grangetown is a suburb of the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Grangetown, 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.
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.
The Limes
- Type: Recreation area
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.89642° or 54° 53′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.3821° or 1° 22′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6WVJW9+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 392450105OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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