Backhouse Park

Backhouse Park is a park in Sunderland, England. Backhouse Park is situated nearby to Sunderland Synagogue (closed), as well as near the recreation area The Limes.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Aidan’s Catholic Academy and Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

St Aidan’s Catholic Academy

School

St Aidan's Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic boys' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, situated in the Ashbrooke area of Sunderland. St Aidan’s Catholic Academy is situated 1,100 feet west of Backhouse Park.

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Museum

Photo: Sterock85, CC BY 3.0.

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 3,900 feet north of Backhouse Park.

Park Lane

Railway station

Photo: DoctorMadUK90, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Park Lane Interchange is a multimodal transport hub, serving the port city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the site of the former Park Lane Bus Station, which dated from the 1930s. Park Lane is situated 3,200 feet north of Backhouse Park.

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.

Tunstall

Suburb

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tunstall is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England which is mostly a privately purchased estate. It is located to the west of Ryhope, and east of Silksworth.

Backhouse Park

Opening hours: 24/7
Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.89362° or 54° 53′ 37″ north

Longitude

-1.38208° or 1° 22′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C6WVJV9+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 476901893

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sunderland Synagogue (closed) and The Limes.

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