Wear River Bank SSSI

Wear River Bank SSSI is a river in , . Wear River Bank SSSI is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stadium of Light and Hylton Castle.

Stadium
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an all-seater football in , England, and the eighth and current home to Premier League club Sunderland. With seating for 49,000 spectators, the is the 10th largest football stadium in England.

Castle
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is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, . Originally built from wood by the Hilton family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century.

Railway station
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South Hylton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Pennywell and , City of Sunderland in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Tyneside and Washington.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a borough in in northeast England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a series of towns that have been industrial since the Middle Ages, and that historically lay in County Durham.

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is a town in in the northeast of England. It was a small mining village but from 1964 became the core of a planned New Town, with a population of over 67,000 in 2011.

Suburb
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an affluent area and former civil parish in the Sunderland district, in the county of , England. The parish was abolished in 1928 as a result of the Sunderland Corporation Act 1927, and the area incorporated into the former County Borough of Sunderland.

Wear River Bank SSSI

Latitude
54.9128° or 54° 54′ 46″ north
Longitude
-1.4404° or 1° 26′ 26″ west
Open location code
9C6WWH75+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 774961577
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
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Satellite Map

Discover Wear River Bank SSSI from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Castletown and Fulford Grange.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sunderland Rowing Club and Remains of a quarry staith.

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