Bishopwearmouth
Bishopwearmouth is a former village and parish which now constitutes the west side of Sunderland City Centre, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.
Bishopwearmouth is a former village and parish which now constitutes the west side of Sunderland City Centre, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It merged with the settlement when it expanded outwards in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is home to the Sunderland Minster church, which has stood at the heart of the settlement since the early Middle Ages. Until 1974, it was part of County Durham.
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Worth seeing in and around Bishopwearmouth
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stadium of Light
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.
1 km · football stadium in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia - 02University of Sunderland
The University of Sunderland is a public research university located in Sunderland in the North East of England. Its predecessor, Sunderland Technical College, was established as a municipal training college in 1901.
200 m · university in Sunderland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Monkwearmouth–Jarrow, known simply as Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, was a Benedictine double monastery in the Kingdom of Northumbria, England. Its first house was St Peter's, Monkwearmouth, on the River Wear, founded in AD 674–5.
1.2 km · Benedictine monastery · Wikipedia - 04Wearmouth 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.
600 m · grade II listed through arch bridge in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hylton Castle
Hylton Castle is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, England. 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.
3.9 km · castle in Sunderland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Washington Old Hall
Washington Old Hall is a historic manor house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. It lies in the centre of Washington, being surrounded by other villages.
8.2 km · manor house associated with the family of George Washington · Wikipedia - 07Penshaw Monument
The Penshaw Monument is a memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill in the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland, North East England. It is located near the village of Penshaw, between the towns of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring in historic County Durham.
6.4 km · monument in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia - 08Sunderland Minster
The Minster Church of St Michael and All Angels and St Benedict Biscop is the minster church of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Formerly known as "St Michael & All Angels' Church", it served as the parish church for Bishopwearmouth, but was renamed in January 1998 after Sunderland was granted city status.
0 m · church in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Chartershaugh Bridge
Chartershaugh Bridge is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield as part of the A182 road. The bridge was opened in 1975 and is named after the former settlement of Chartershaugh, which once stood on a site near the bridge.
9 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Cox Green footbridge
Cox Green Footbridge is a footbridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Cox Green and Washington Staithes. The bridge opened in 1958, replacing a former ferry route.
6.9 km · Bridge in Tyne & Wear · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bishopwearmouth
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 24 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 117 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 171 km
- Stations
- Seaham railway station, 7.9 km · South Hylton, 3.8 km · Brockley Whins, 7.5 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Bishopwearmouth123 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £14–19
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Bishopwearmouth169 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Bishopwearmouth167 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · £20–27
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bishopwearmouth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bishopwearmouth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBus 50 runs hourly from South Shields (for Tyne ferry) to Boldon, Nissan factory, Washington, Chester-le-Street and Durham.
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Next door to Bishopwearmouth
Bishopwearmouth is 16 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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