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This is a list of suburbs and places of interest in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Suburbs ... Seaburn beach ; Souter Lighthouse; Sunderland Empire ...
Roker (/ ˈ r oʊ k ər / ROH-kər) is a seaside resort of Sunderland, city of Sunderland district, Tyne and Wear. England. It is north of the River Wear's mouth and Monkwearmouth, west of the North Sea, east of Fulwell and Seaburn is south. It lies within historic County Durham. The majority of the houses in Roker are terraced or semi-detached.
Seaburn Dene is a northern suburb of Sunderland, England, located about one mile inland from the North Sea, near the boundary with South Tyneside.. The first part of the development (Shields Road) was laid out just before the war but building resumed in the early 50s by a company called Lane Fox (part of Grasmere estates) The oldest houses in Seaburn Dene are those in the bottom half of ...
In 1950, Sunderland authorities purchased 208.69 acres (84.45 ha) [20] and set out plans for the creation of a new estate consisting of over 1,400 houses, [21] creating today's Farringdon. The last private owners of the estate were Robert Moorhead and George Lee, who were publicly critical of the pace at which the land was acquired and ...
The seafront is home to a sandy blue flag beach, seaside promenades, two amusement arcades, children's playgrounds, fish and chip shops, small guest houses and two 4 star hotels, The Grand Hotel and the Seaburn Inn. [citation needed] The main shopping street is Sea Road, which runs from the seafront up through Fulwell to the Seaburn Metro station.
The Tyne and Wear Development Corporation (TWDC) was established in 1987 to develop land on the banks of the River Tyne and the River Wear in England. Its flagship developments included the regeneration of the East Quayside in Newcastle , Royal Quays in North Tyneside and St Peter's in Sunderland .
Hastings Hill is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.. Hastings Hill is a housing estate, close to the A19, and the Pennywell and Grindon areas of Sunderland. It was built as a private development in the late 1960s on an area of land between the county borough boundary and the surrounding post war council-built estates.
Tyne and Wear 54°54′11″N 1°25′23″W / 54.903°N 1.423°W / 54.903; Ford Estate (known as Ford locally) is a suburb in the south of Sunderland , in the county of Tyne and Wear , England.