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Sunderland Civic Centre
Sunderland Civic Centre in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Sunderland Civic Centre is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Sunderland Civic Centre was a municipal building in the Burdon Road in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It was the headquarters of Sunderland City Council until November 2021.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The building was commissioned to replace Sunderland Town Hall which by the 1960s, was considered too small. Civic leaders decided to procure a new civic centre: the site they selected had previously been occupied by a residential area known as West Park. Construction of the civic centre started in January 1968. It was designed by Spence Bonnington & Collins in the Modern style, built at a cost of £3.4 million and was officially opened by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon on 5 November 1970. The design for the new low-rise building, which made extensive use of red brick, involved two connected hexagons arranged on a north–south axis: there were continuous rows of glazing with brickwork…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9013, -1.3822
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR5 9SA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Established
- 1970
- Official site
- www.sunderland.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q102314798 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sunderland Civic Centre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sunderland Civic Centre?
- Sunderland Civic Centre is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SR5 9SA), in the parish of Sunderland, unparished area.
- When was Sunderland Civic Centre built?
- Built or established in 1970.
- Who owns Sunderland Civic Centre?
- Sunderland Civic Centre is owned by | website=.
- How do I get to Sunderland Civic Centre?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SR5 9SA. It sits within the Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency.