in the county of Tyne & Wear
(2.3 miles, 3.8 km, direction SE)Sunderland was granted a charter in 1145, the charter gave it market rights and thus the town grew slowly from humble beginnings...
in the county of Tyne & Wear
(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction SW)Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington...
in the county of Tyne & Wear
(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction NW)This is the town that is famous for the 1930's "Hunger March" caused by the intense poverty that followed the closing of the Charles Palmer shipyard. The last of the surviving marchers, Cornelius Whalen died in 2003 at the age of 93...
in the county of Tyne & Wear
(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction N)Cullercoats has many pleasing aspects including a picturesque 19th century church in a commanding position close to the shoreline...
a Historic City in the county of Tyne & Wear
(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction NW)This important City was known as Pons Aelii in Roman times; the Romans built the first bridge over the River Tyne, it was guarded by a Roman fort which was replaced by a castle.....
All towns in Tyne & Wear
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The haunting, intermingaled ruins of Tynemouth Castle and Priory stand on a headland above the River Tyne. Between them they.....
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