Pallion
Pallion is a suburb and electoral ward in North West Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England.
Pallion is a suburb and electoral ward in North West Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Most of the buildings in the area were built during the Victorian Era and consist of large terraced houses built for shipbuilders, but also smaller one-storey cottages in other areas for local workers.
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Worth seeing in and around Pallion
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.
2.1 km · football stadium in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia - 02Monkwearmouth-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.
2.8 km · Benedictine monastery · Wikipedia - 03University 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.
1.5 km · university in Sunderland, United Kingdom · 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.
2.2 km · 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.
2.7 km · castle in Sunderland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Sunderland 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.
1.7 km · church in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07St Andrew's Church, Roker
St Andrew's, Roker, is a Church of England parish church in Sunderland, England. It is recognised as one of the finest churches of the first half of the twentieth century and the masterpiece of Edward Schroeder Prior.
3.8 km · church in Sunderland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Phoenix Hall
Phoenix Lodge No. 94 is a Craft Lodge in Freemasonry under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England.
3 km · masonic hall in Sunderland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland
Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church building in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear formerly the area's parish church. It was opened in 1719 as the church for the newly created Parish of Sunderland, and served the local community until dwindling numbers forced its closure in 1988.
3 km · Grade I listed church in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Mary's Church, Sunderland
St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, situated on the corner of Bridge Street and St Mary's Way. It is a Grade II listed building, designed by Ignatius Bonomi.
2.1 km · church building in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pallion
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 23 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 117 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 170 km
- Stations
- South Hylton, 2.1 km · Seaburn, 3.4 km · St Peter's, 2.2 km · Monkwearmouth Station Museum, 2.2 km · Millfield, 1 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pallion124 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £14–19
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Pallion168 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £20–27
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Pallion168 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 Pallion
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 Pallion. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Washington (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Pallion – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Pallion
Pallion is 15 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sunderlandcity in Tyne and Wear, North East England2.2 km
- Monkwearmoutharea of Sunderland, England2.4 km
- Offertonvillage in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Tunstallsuburb of Sunderland, UK3.7 km
- Farringdonsuburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England3.5 km
- Bishopwearmouthvillage in Tyne and Wear, England, UK1.7 km