Wearside

Wearside est une conurbation de l'Angleterre du Nord-Est, centrée sur la zone urbaine continue de Sunderland par la rivière Wear. Le secteur comprend des zones urbaines importantes bien séparées : Washington, Houghton-le-Spring et Chester-Le-Street ainsi que d'autres contiguës : Whitburn, Hetton-le-Hole, Bournmoor, South Hetton, Springwell Village, Ouston et Pelton. Wearside est partiellement située à la fois dans le comté métropolitain de Tyne and Wear et dans le district d'autorité unitaire du comté de Durham. L'essentiel de Wearside se trouve dans l'arrondissement métropolitain de la ville de Sunderland qui comptait 335 415 habitants en 2011.

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Sunderland Central

Sunderland Central is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is represented by the Labour Party MP Lewis Atkinson, who has held the seat since 2024.

Wearside () is a built-up area in County Durham and Tyne and Wear, England. It is named after the River Wear which flows through it and traditionally all in the County of Durham. In the 2011 census, its official name was the Sunderland Built-up area since Sunderland is its largest part, the urban area extends to the surrounding City of Sunderland district, small parts of County Durham district and a small part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Notable towns in the urban area include Birtley, Chester le Street, Hetton le Hole, Houghton le Spring and Washington.

Sunderland Art Gallery

The Sunderland Art Gallery is an art gallery based within the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens centre, in Sunderland City Centre. The collection of paintings includes works by the British artist, L.S. Lowry, many with local significance. For example, River Wear at Sunderland (1961) and Girl in a Red Hat on a Promenade (1972) – an enigmatic piece composed at Seaburn.

Sunderland 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. The exhibit was discovered in Eppleton quarry. The museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.

Sunderland (Fawcett Street) railway station

Fawcett Street railway station served the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England from 1853 to 1879 on the Penshaw branch line.