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Where is Sunderland?

Sunderland is located in the county of Tyne & Wear, North East England, three miles south of the town of Whitburn, 102 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 240 miles north of London. Sunderland lies three miles north-east of the Durham border, and was historically in the county of Durham. Sunderland falls within the metropolitan district council of Sunderland. It is in the SR2 postcode district. The post town for Sunderland is Sunderland.

Sunderland on a map

Map showing extent of Sunderland as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Sunderland
Map showing location of Sunderland within the UK
Location of Sunderland within the UK

Which county is Sunderland in?

Sunderland is in the ceremonial county of Tyne & Wear, and the historic county of Durham.

Ceremonial CountyTyne & Wear
Historic CountyDurham

Where is Sunderland in Tyne & Wear?

Sunderland is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Tyne & Wear, and towards the easternmost extremity of Tyne & Wear.

Map showing location of Sunderland within Tyne & Wear
Location of Sunderland within Tyne & Wear

What is the postcode for Sunderland?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Sunderland is SR2 7AY.

Where is Sunderland in SR2?

Sunderland is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the SR2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SR2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sunderland within SR2
Location of Sunderland within SR2

What is the post town for Sunderland?

The post town for Sunderland is Sunderland. Sunderland is in the SR2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Sunderland.

What is the latitude and longitude of Sunderland?

The centre of Sunderland is located at position 54.90216° latitude and -1.38381° longitude.

Latitude54.90216°
Longitude-1.38381°

What is the easting and northing of Sunderland?

The centre of Sunderland is located at the grid reference easting 439612 and northing 556556 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting439612
Northing556556

What are the nearest towns to Sunderland?

Position of Sunderland relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Sunderland to the centre of the town.

south
3m
Sunderland is 3 miles south of Whitburn
north-west
5m
Sunderland is 5 miles north-west of Seaham
north-east
5m
Sunderland is 5 miles north-east of Houghton-le-Spring
east
6m
Sunderland is 6 miles east of Washington
north-east
6m
Sunderland is 6 miles north-east of Hetton-le-Hole
south
7m
Sunderland is 7 miles south of South Shields
south-east
7m
Sunderland is 7 miles south-east of Jarrow
south-east
7m
Sunderland is 7 miles south-east of Hebburn
east
8m
Sunderland is 8 miles east of Chester-le-Street
south
8m
Sunderland is 8 miles south of Tynemouth

What are the nearest cities to Sunderland?

Position of Sunderland relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Sunderland to the centre of the city.

south-east
10m
Sunderland is 10 miles south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-east
12m
Sunderland is 12 miles north-east of Durham
north
53m
Sunderland is 53 miles north of Ripon
east
62m
Sunderland is 62 miles east of Carlisle
north
66m
Sunderland is 66 miles north of York
north
76m
Sunderland is 76 miles north of Leeds
north
78m
Sunderland is 78 miles north of Bradford
north-east
82m
Sunderland is 82 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
84m
Sunderland is 84 miles north of Wakefield
north-west
91m
Sunderland is 91 miles north-west of Kingston upon Hull

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