Cité de Sunderland

La Cité de Sunderland (en anglais : City of Sunderland) est un district du Tyne and Wear, en Angleterre. Elle a le statut de district métropolitain et de cité (city). Elle porte le nom de sa principale ville, Sunderland, et couvre un territoire comprenant les villes de Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Washington, ainsi que des villages suburbains. Le district a été créé en 1974 sous le nom de District métropolitain de Sunderland (Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland) par le Local Government Act 1972. Il est issu de la fusion de quatre anciens districts du comté de Durham. Il a reçu le statut de cité en 1992, à l'occasion du 40e anniversaire de l'accession au trône de la reine Élisabeth II. Au recensement de 2001, la cité de Sunderland comptait 280 807 habitants, dont une majorité réside à Sunderland.

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St Peter's Metro station

St Peter's is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the University of Sunderland and suburb of St Peter's, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the Wearside extension – a project costing in the region of £100 million.

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Keel Crossing

Keel Crossing is a pedestrian and cycle footbridge in Sunderland that first opened temporarily (for one day) on 22 August 2025 for the opening match of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, opening permanently on 18 October 2025. It spans the River Wear, linking Keel Square in the city centre to the Sheepfolds neighbourhood on the north bank, near the Stadium of Light. The footbridge is part of the £500,000,000 Riverside Sunderland regeneration scheme and is intended to improve connectivity across the river, especially on Sunderland A.F.C. match days, by providing an alternative crossing to the Wearmouth Bridge. The bridge has a total span of about 260 metres (850 ft), stands roughly 30 metres (98 ft) above the river, and has a deck width of 10 metres (33 ft). The project cost is about £31,000,000. The bridge's official name, Keel Crossing, given on 11 June 2025, honours Sunderland’s shipbuilding heritage (the “keel” being the backbone of a ship).

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA) is a contemporary art gallery which is based in Sunderland, England. The gallery focuses on producing exhibitions of new work by emerging and established regional, national and international artists. The gallery relocated from its city centre location on Fawcett Street, and reopened in a generous 3000 square foot space inside National Glass Centre in March 2018. Prior to the opening of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, NGCA was the largest venue dedicated to contemporary art in North East England. In 2019, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art was 50 years old, being the direct descendant of 'Bookshop Gallery' founded in 1969 and its successor Ceolfrith Arts Centre, later Northern Centre for Contemporary Art. During its fifty years it has given UK premieres to artists from Sean Scully to Claes Oldenberg and Coosje van Bruggen, from Sam Taylor-Wood to Spartacus Chetwynd, and given the first UK shows to Cory Arcangel and Harun Farocki. It is only in its current incarnation that the gallery has been able to acquire works from artists. The gallery has begun a collection of contemporary art for the city of Sunderland that now includes over a hundred works.

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Vaux Site

The Vaux Site is an area of brownfield land in the centre of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear currently undergoing development. The area of the former Vaux Breweries until its closure in 1999, the council are recreating the site in a multi-million pound joint venture with Carillion. The development will create up to 19 new buildings for leisure, retail, living and office purposes. Phase one of construction started in 2016 with work on a series of offices valued at £25 million

City Hall, Sunderland

City Hall is a municipal building in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the Vaux Site, adjacent to Keel Square, and was opened in November 2021. It is the headquarters of Sunderland City Council.