Sunderland

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Region: North East
Country: England

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

Sunderland sits on the River Wear as it flows into the North Sea, with a history shaped by shipbuilding and glassmaking. Its coastline features long sandy beaches at Roker and Seaburn, while Penshaw Monument overlooks the city and countryside from its hilltop setting. The city centre offers cultural landmarks such as the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, the Empire Theatre, and modern attractions like the Stadium of Light. The River Wear runs through scenic gorges and is crossed by striking bridges, while surrounding countryside and coastlines add variety to Sunderland’s geography.

The local government for this district is: Sunderland City Council (Metropolitan District).

This district page, Sunderland, is a sub-page of this county page: Tyne and Wear and this region page: North East. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Sunderland

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Sunderland

Sunderland is divided into 25 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Barnes
  • Castle
  • Copt Hill
  • Doxford
  • Fulwell
  • Hendon
  • Hetton
  • Houghton
  • Millfield
  • Pallion
  • Redhill
  • Ryhope
  • Sandhill
  • Shiney Row
  • Silksworth
  • Southwick
  • St Anne's
  • St Chad's
  • St Michael's
  • St Peter's
  • Washington Central
  • Washington East
  • Washington North
  • Washington South
  • Washington West

Sunderland in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Sunderland is an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) North East
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Sunderland

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in Tyne and Wear