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Sunderland International Airshow
Sunderland International Airshow in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Sunderland International Airshow 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
The Sunderland International Airshow was the biggest free annual airshow in Europe, held at the Roker and Seaburn seafronts. It took place over the course of three days, usually the final weekend in July (Friday to Sunday), and attracted hundreds of thousands of spectators every year. The airshow featured a large number of planes, including the Red Arrows and the Eurofighter Typhoon. In addition to the planes, the seafront played host to a range of food counters, stalls and fairground games. The Royal Navy traditionally had a warship off the coast every year, usually HMS Ocean, the adopted warship of Sunderland, however in 2007, HMS Albion made an appearance instead as HMS Ocean had other commitments.
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Background
History
The airshow was first held on 7 August 1989 as a single-day show, and was planned to be a one-off event, when it attracted 250,000 spectators. Due to its success, from 1991 it became a two-day show, and subsequently three days. The Red Arrows first appeared in 1991, and the Concorde took part in 1993. It included teams from around the world, including Russia, Hungary, Jordan, America, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In 1995, the show's attendance reached one million. The show was cancelled in 2020, 2021, and 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Sunderland City Council announced in October 2022 that it has "no plans" to hold the airshow again, citing the "global climate…
Description
In 2007 Sunderland City Council teamed up with Gentoo and CarbonNeutral North East to reduce and offset all the emissions caused by staging the two-day show. There was a Green Village with many environmental stalls.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9290, -1.3640
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR6 9NR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Established
- 1989
- Official site
- www.sunderlandinternationalairshow.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7639728 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sunderland International Airshow (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sunderland International Airshow?
- Sunderland International Airshow is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SR6 9NR), in the parish of Sunderland, unparished area.
- When was Sunderland International Airshow built?
- Built or established in 1989.
- How do I get to Sunderland International Airshow?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SR6 9NR. It sits within the Sunderland Central parliamentary constituency.