Harraton
Harraton is a suburb of Washington, in the Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, England.

Harraton is a suburb of Washington, in the Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, England. Harraton is near the River Wear and is 3 miles north-east of Chester-le-Street, 2 miles south-west of Washington town centre and 9 miles south-southwest of Sunderland.
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Worth seeing in and around Harraton
8 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.
- 01Riverside Ground
The Riverside Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the Banks Homes Riverside, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club, and has also hosted several international matches.
3.9 km · Cricket ground in England · Wikipedia - 02Concangis
Concangis was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain. Its ruins are located in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in England, and are now known as Chester-le-Street Roman Fort.
3.7 km · Roman fort in Durham, England · Wikipedia - 03Washington 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.
2.7 km · manor house associated with the family of George Washington · Wikipedia - 04Penshaw 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.
3.4 km · monument in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia - 05Chartershaugh 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.
1.1 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Cox 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.
2.8 km · Bridge in Tyne & Wear · Wikipedia - 07Penshaw Bridge
Penshaw Bridge, also known as Fatfield Bridge, is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield. The bridge was opened on 29 January 1890.
1.2 km · bridge in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia - 08Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington
M The Galleries is a shopping centre located in Washington, City of Sunderland.
2.2 km · shopping mall in Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Harraton
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 20 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 113 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 166 km
- Stations
- Washington Galleries bus station, 2.1 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Harraton121 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · £14–19
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Harraton624 km · quickest by air, 9h 22m · £300–430
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Harraton367 km · quickest by road, 6h 29m · £40–55
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No local-transport research exists yet for Harraton
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 Harraton. 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 Harraton
Harraton is 11 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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