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Easington Lane
Human settlement in England

Easington Lane

Easington Lane is a village in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough in the county of Tyne and Wear, North East England.

Historically part of County Durham and located between Hetton-le-Hole, Seaham, Peterlee and Durham. It had a population of 4,044 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 7,193 at the 2011 Census.

How locals move

Getting around Easington Lane the local way

  • Get inDFDS operate an overnight ferry between Port of Tyne, North Shields (near Newcastle) and Ijmuiden near Amsterdam.
  • Get inSee Newcastle page for how to reach the ferry terminal: in brief, take the train between Durham and Newcastle, then the shuttle bus (£3.80 each way, 30 min) or Metro to the ferry.

From Wikivoyage: Durham (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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