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Harraton
District in Tyne & Wear, England

Harraton

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.

How locals move

Getting around Harraton the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

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