Sunderland
Sunderland is a city in Tyne and Wear in northeast England, with a population of 171,000 in 2021. It's industrial, but has lost traditional trades such as shipbuilding, and is still re-inventing itself. Wikivoyage
Population 277,417 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens Museum · 460 m -
Victoria Hall Disaster Memorial Memorial · 390 m -
John Candlish MP Memorial · 270 m - Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Gallery · 850 m
- Sunderland War Memorial Memorial · 370 m
- Hills Gallery · 550 m
- Pigment And Toil Gallery · 740 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Sunderland Food & Drink Festival
June
Sunderland Food & Drink Festival is held in June in Keel Square, High Street West and Market Square
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Festival of Light
November
Festival of Light is a light show held in Mowbray Park during November
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Sunderland); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.