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Winter has arrived

Sunderland

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction NW)

Sunderland was granted a charter in 1145, the charter gave it market rights and thus the town grew slowly from humble beginnings...

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Penshaw Monument, Penshaw, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

Penshaw

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction W)

Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington...

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Victoria viaduct

Washington

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Kelloe

Kelloe

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction SW)

Kelloe has pleasant riverside areas and is in close proximity to historic Hartlepool Quay and the seaside resort town of Peterlee on England's northern coast...

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Sunset beach

Hartlepool

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction SE)

This is an ancient seaport and county borough which merged with its Victorian neighbour, West Hartlepool in 1967...

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Durham, County Durham

Durham

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction SW)

Durham as a town reflects the long history of its magnificent castle and cathedral with its winding streets, ancient market place and alleyways and other old churches to discover.....

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The Vikings, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear

Jarrow

(11.6 miles, 18.7 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...

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Beamish: omnibus

Beamish

(13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction W)

Beamish is famous for its lovely open-air museum which so vividly brings to life how the folk of the region lived at the turn of the 20th century...

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Seaton carew Hartlepool

Seaton Carew

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction SE)

Seaton Carew lies at the edge of urbanised Hartlepool, it has seaside amusements and a lovely stretch of firm sand...

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The Angel of the north

Gateshead

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction NW)

The urban sprawl of Gateshead rises majestically skywards in a seemingly endless mixture of concrete and glass. Gateshead stretches for almost 13 miles along the banks of the River Tyne...

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Mowbray Park, Sunderland

Mowbray Park

(5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction NW)

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Sunderland South Pier Lighthouse

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction N)

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Sunderland North Pier Lighthouse

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction N)

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Castle Eden Dene

Castle Eden Dene NNR

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction S)

Hidden in an area which was once noted for its coal-faces, the lush wooded ravine of Castle Eden Dene offers a welcome respite.....

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Penshaw

Penshaw Monument

(6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction NW)

The Penshaw Monument is a 70 ft high folly built on Penshaw Hill in 1844 in honour John Lambton (1792–1840), 1st Earl of Durham.....

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Herrington Country Park

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction W)

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Hylton Castle, Sunderland, tyne & WEAR

Hylton Castle

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction NW)

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Black-necked Swans with chick.

Washington Wetlands Centre

(7.7 miles, 12.5 km, direction NW)

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Washington Old Hall. Washinton, Tyne and Wear.

Washington Old Hall

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction NW)

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington..

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Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham

Lumley Castle

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction W)

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