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The site of a former open cast coal mine, now redeveloped as park land and wildlife conservation area, and sometimes hosting events.
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Multi-use sports facility with 160 m ski slope.
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So this is what became of Sunderland Airport. Aircraft and military vehicle museum, with a collection of 30 mostly military aircraft, plus a reconstructed World War II-era street. They don't have a Sunderland flying boat: these were named for the city, but made by Short Brothers in Kent. Dogs on leads welcome.
Shell of a castle gatehouse built in 1400 and much re-modelled in later centuries. The rest of the castle has gone.
Church of St Michaels and All Angels
This Anglican church is 20th century, preserving several features from its predecessor, which succumbed to mining subsidence.
Ornate Victorian water-pumping station with engines regularly in steam.
formerly Monkwearmouth Station Museum
Small museum of football colours and memorabilia in a former railway station. This was built in 1848 in NatWest cod-classical style, but it was too small and the station moved 200 yards south to St Peters. From 1973 to 2017 it was a railway museum then took on its present guise.