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Philadelphia Tyne and Wear Map

Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East

Explore Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Philadelphia map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear

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Place	Philadelphia
Traditional County	Tyne and Wear
District / Borough	Sunderland
Region	North East
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.864956
Longitude	-1.483071
Place Type	Village

About Philadelphia

Philadelphia retains an unexpected, quiet weight, defined by the industrial echoes of its coal-mining heritage that once shaped the surrounding Durham landscape. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-west of Houghton-le-Spring (from Houghton-le-Spring: bearing 342°T, OS grid NZ 332 523), and is situated south-south-east of New Herrington village. The earth here holds the memory of deep seams, now softened by a creeping, verdant reclamation that defines the local horizon. To the south, the modest rise of Bunker Hill provides a vantage point where the light catches the low-lying hedges in shifting, pale ribbons of grey and green. Below these slopes, the Herrington Burn channels the runoff of the rains, a persistent, narrow vein of water cutting through the clay. Philadelphia stands as a testament to a vanished era of extraction, where the rhythm of the colliery bells has been replaced by the rustle of wind through overgrown embankments. In the distance, the silhouette of Penshaw Monument guards the northern skyline, its stark, neoclassical pillars offering a silent contrast to the humble, domestic scale of the streets below. Philadelphia remains a place of hidden corners, where the legacy of the pitman lingers in the sturdy, red-brick architecture that refuses to surrender to the encroaching wild.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bunker Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 166° SSE
Herrington Burn (River) — 0.5 mi, 248° WSW
Site Lines (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 031° NNE
Herrington Country Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 036° NE
Herrington Hill Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 075° ENE · 7 ha
Burn Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 033° NNE
Moors Burn (River) — 1.2 mi, 198° SSW
Penshaw Monument (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 004° N
The Bottoms (Valley) — 1.4 mi, 045° NE
Mount Pleasant Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 317° NW
Dawson'S Plantation Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 012° NNE
The James Steel Park (Park) — 1.6 mi, 322° NW
Pattinson South Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 331° NNW
Hasting Hill Cursus And Causewayed Enclosure, 600M South Of Hasting Hill Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 059° ENE · 26 ha
South Belt (Forest / Woodland) — 1.8 mi, 260° W
Round Barrow On Hasting Hill, 230M West Of Hasting Hill Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 046° NE
Down at the Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.8 mi, 114° ESE
Lambton Castle (Castle) — 2.1 mi, 274° W
Joe's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 185° S
Ganderland 1 (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 358° N
Rickleton Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 282° WNW
Seven Sisters Round Barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-Le-Spring (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 146° SE · 1 ha
Lumley Castle (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.7 mi, 250° WSW · 124 ha
Washington Old Hall (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 333° NNW
Non-Conformist Mortuary chapel (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 046° NE
Washington F Pit Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 329° NNW
North East Land Sea and Air Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 008° N
Old Cherry Knowle Hospital (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 093° E
Hylton Castle (Castle) — 4.3 mi, 022° NNE
Royalty Theatre (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 053° NE

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