Seaburn
Seaburn is a seaside resort and northeastern suburb of Sunderland, North East England.
Seaburn is a seaside resort and northeastern suburb of Sunderland, North East England. The village of Whitburn borders the area to the north. To the west and south-west is Fulwell and to the south the coastal resort of Roker.
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Worth seeing in and around Seaburn
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.
2.5 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.
2.3 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.
3.5 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.
2.7 km · grade II listed through arch bridge in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Sunderland 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.
3.3 km · church in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06St 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.
2.9 km · church building in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Elephant Tea Rooms
The Elephant Tea Rooms is a Grade II listed building in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The building was constructed from 1872 to 1877 by Henry Hopper to a design by architect Frank Caws for William Grimshaw, a local tea merchant and grocer, in a blend of the high Victorian Hindu Gothic and Venetian Gothic styles.
3 km · building in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is a municipal museum in Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. It contains the only known British example of a gliding reptile, the oldest known vertebrate capable of gliding flight.
3.3 km · museum in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Sunderland Empire Theatre
The Sunderland Empire Theatre is a large theatre venue located in High Street West in Sunderland, North East England. The theatre, which opened in 1907, is owned by City of Sunderland Council and operated by Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd, on behalf of Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust.
3.3 km · theatre in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia - 10Roker Pier lighthouse
Roker is a seaside resort in Sunderland, city of Sunderland district, Tyne and Wear. England.
1.6 km · lighthouse in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Seaburn
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 24 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 120 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 170 km
- Stations
- East Boldon, 3.7 km · Pallion, 3.9 km · St Peter's, 2.7 km · Millfield, 3.7 km · University, 3.7 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Seaburn127 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £14–19
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Seaburn168 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · £20–27
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Seaburn171 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · £20–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Seaburn
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 Seaburn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor long-distance routes by air, rail, bus or ferry see Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Get inis served by the Shields Ferry across the Tyne from North Shields.
- Get inOn the far side, Shuttle Bus 333 links the pier to North Shields town centre and Metro station and is included in the ferry fare.
- Get inAlthough Port of Tyne is mostly on the south bank, the overnight DFDS ferries from IJmuiden near Amsterdam dock at the north bank terminal in North Shields.
- Get aroundBuilt in 1951, they're 884-ft (270-m) long, and entered by funicular lifts and by the original wooden Waygood-Otis escalators.
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Next door to Seaburn
Seaburn is 16 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sunderlandcity in Tyne and Wear, North East England3.3 km
- Whitburnvillage in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England2.1 km
- Monkwearmoutharea of Sunderland, England2.3 km
- Cleadonvillage in Tyne and Wear, England, UK3.3 km
- Bishopwearmouthvillage in Tyne and Wear, England, UK3.3 km
- Rokerarea of Sunderland, England1.1 km