Wear River Bank

Hundred acres of wetland, wood and meadow on the Wear, home to wild birds, flamingos and otters.

3.2 km SW

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

3.8 km E · spans 24 counties

Greek-temple folly on a prominent hill.

4.1 km SW

Long curving Victorian breakwater at Sunderland with a red-and-white lighthouse and a hidden tunnel beneath.

5.7 km E

Opened near Sunderland in 1871 as the world's first lighthouse purpose-built to use alternating electric current, its red-and-white bands now cared for by the National Trust.

8 km NE

Two and a half miles of clifftop grassland and limestone stacks along the coast from South Shields to Souter.

8.3 km NE