What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Sunderland.
Roughly 122 meters (400 feet) high, Penshaw Hill is a prominent chalk and sandstone ridge in the Wear Valley. It is historically significant as the location of a Roman signal station and a 19th-century folly, the Penshaw Monument, built to honor Prince Albert.
Places near here
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Earl of Durham's MonumentListed building · 23 yd
Penshaw MonumentMonument · 25 yd
Penshaw HillMountain / peak · 37 yd
Ayton's WoodWood · 798 yd
Carr HillMountain / peak · 831 yd
Foxcover Bank PlantationForest · 1225 yd
George VI postbox on Wensleydale Avenue, PenshawOld post box · 1300 yd
Mettalis Recycling, Monument ParkMonument or public art · 1.1 mi
Flamingo sculpture, Washington Wetland CentrePublic sculpture · 1.1 mi
Sunken boat in the River WearShipwreck · 1.3 mi
Butterfly sculpturePublic sculpture · 1.9 mi
Claxheugh RockCliff · 2.6 miOther information
Photo: Corinne Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0