What is recorded here
Worm Hill is a low prominence hill, likely under 100 meters, and is part of the broader landscape of the Wear Valley area. Its name may derive from Old English "wyrm," suggesting a historical or folkloric association with serpentine shapes or legends. It matters locally as a minor topographic feature in the urban geography of Sunderland.
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Places near here
Fatfield House and Garden Wall AdjoiningListed building · 856 yd
The General's WoodWood · 1182 yd
Biddick HallListed building · 1465 yd
Biddick WoodsWood · 1.0 mi
Penshaw MonumentMonument or public art · 1.2 mi
Lambton CastleRegistered park or garden · 1.3 mi
Day Will Come sculpture at Lambton ParkPublic sculpture · 1.4 mi
Penshaw HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Triangulation Point at top of Penshaw HillMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
Mettalis Recycling, Monument ParkMonument or public art · 1.7 mi
Carr HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Fencehouses War MemorialMemorial · 2.3 miOther information
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