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Dist:0.3km<br/>Herrington Hill is an SSSI, of interest due to its Magnesian Limestone grassland communities, which are associated with undisturbed shallow soils.
©Graham Scarborough
Dist:0.5km<br/>A path following a disused road at Herrington hill, near Sunderland.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Stables, a cul-de-sac of modern houses, at West Herrington near Sunderland.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.7km<br/>Herrington Country Park has been developed on the site of Herrington Colliery, The colliery closed in 1985, after over 100 years of producing coal. More information about the park and its history is available at these websites: Sunderland City Council: http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2441 Keep Britain Tidy: http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/GreenFlag/GreenFlagAwardSites/NorthEast/Default.aspx?parkID=301
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.7km<br/>Formerly managers' houses for Herrington Colliery, these houses now overlook Herrington Country Park. More info see: http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/mk4CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=30036&sectionID=6046
©Brian Abbott
Dist:0.8km<br/>This bridge was built to carry a road over a railway. The railway served a nearby colliery. The colliery and railway have both closed. The route of the railway is now a path.
©Malc McDonald
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©Alex McGregor
Dist:0.8km<br/>Herrington Country Park has been created on the site of a former colliery. The colliery closed in 1985. The Penshaw Monument stands on a hilltop in the distance. More information about the Herrington Country Park can be found on the websites of Sunderland City Council http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2441 and Keep Britain Tidy http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/GreenFlag/GreenFlagAwardSites/NorthEast/Default.aspx?parkID=301
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.8km<br/>Herrington Country Park has been developed on the site of a colliery. The colliery closed in 1985. A reminder of the area's history is provided by this pit wheel, which flanks a path which leads into a Miners' Memorial Garden.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.8km<br/>Herrington Country Park was developed on the site of a former colliery. The colliery, which closed in 1985, had once employed over 5,000 men. The Miners' Memorial Garden provides a reminder of the industry which had once occupied this site. The garden itself is in the spot where the mine shaft had been. The entrance to the garden is flanked by an old pit wheel.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.9km<br/>Houses at the edge of Herrington Country Park. The park has been developed on the site of a colliery which closed in 1985.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.9km<br/>This path follows the route of a colliery railway. Compare this image with another Geograph [[293056]] which looks as though it was taken at about the same site more than 40 years earlier.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.9km<br/>The path follows the route of a colliery railway. The railway closed long ago, but the buildings alongside the path are former railway sheds.
©Malc McDonald
Dist:0.9km<br/>Houses at the edge of Herrington Country Park. The park has been developed on the site of a colliery which closed in 1985.
©Malc McDonald
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©Alex McGregor

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