Wearmouth Bridge
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.Photo: rob bishop, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stadium of Light and Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge.
Stadium of Light
Stadium
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 2,000 feet northwest of Wearmouth Bridge.
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.
St Peter’s Metro station
Railway station
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Peter's is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the University of Sunderland and suburb of St Peter's, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. St Peter’s Metro station is situated 440 feet north of Wearmouth 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.
Wearmouth Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: grade II listed through arch bridge in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Categories: through arch bridge, steel bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Burdon, Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.90994° or 54° 54′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.38299° or 1° 22′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C6WWJ58+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 570572869OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q940078
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Wearmouth Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威尔茅斯桥”
- Czech: “Wearmouth Bridge”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى ويرماوث”
- French: “pont de Wearmouth”
- French: “Pont de Wearmouth”
- German: “Wearmouth-Brücke”
- Slovak: “Wearmouth Bridge”
- Spanish: “puente de Wearmouth”
- Spanish: “Puente de Wearmouth”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Sunderland and St Marys Catholic Centre.
Nearby Places
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