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4.1 Location map templates. 4.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/United Kingdom Sunderland. 3 languages.
Sunderland (/ ˈ s ʌ n d ər l ə n d / ⓘ) is a port city [a] in Tyne and Wear, England.It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne.
By 1840 the town had 76 shipyards and between 1820 and 1850 the number of ships being built on the Wear increased fivefold. From 1846 to 1854 almost a third of the UK's ships were built in Sunderland, and in 1850 the Sunderland Herald proclaimed the town to be the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. [70]
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.
Sunderland City Centre is part of the Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency.. For local elections, it is currently divided between three wards of the city council. The majority of the city centre, lying to the west of Fawcett Street and the north of Holmeside, is located in Millfield wa
Map of Tyne and Wear, UK with Sunderland highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170%: Date: 1 September 2013: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
Grangetown is a suburb of the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Grangetown , which is an area within the Hendon Metropolitan District, was part of the Sunderland South parliamentary constituency for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, but in 2010 was made a ward of the new Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency [1] [2].
Sunderland Docks is an area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Home to the Port of Sunderland , the docks have access to the North Sea . Sunderland City Council took over the port in 1972 and since then deindustrialisation has caused the port to decline.