Backhouse Park

Backhouse Park

This park is a natural arboretum with a large variety of trees and some of the city's largest mature trees, producing a wonderful display of autumn colour. Renowned for its magnificient bulb display in early spring the park is overlooked by University of Sunderland's Name Art College.

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Sunderland will welcome over 50 Tall Ships for the first time, when we are the start port for the 2018 races, from 11-14 July.

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RT : Morning everyone, anyone else got the post Tall Ships blues? Never fear, we’ve got some brilliant photos that are w… https://t.co/V1UQvoIcZT — 20 hours 13 min ago
RT : If like us, you’re already missing ...we hope these North Sea pics of Racing action☺️ 💕 help… https://t.co/4swvNpPfbH — 20 hours 16 min ago
RT : Magnificent Mir leading the Parade of Sail past Roker Pier. https://t.co/iAQ7YgG95c — 2 days 12 hours ago
RT : An amazing end to ’s performance https://t.co/bfZWr6mXVd — 2 days 21 hours ago
RT : Here we go! ☀️The sun is out and we’ve got a FREE day full of live music, kids activities, workshops, street food a… https://t.co/sJYyvpc8Fh — 2 days 21 hours ago
RT : Well that was amazing... https://t.co/edQHi0MaLq — 2 days 21 hours ago
RT : Entertainment in Sunderland just reached new heights! Seeing the amazingly brave artists from climb t… https://t.co/iEISJxzEEK — 2 days 21 hours ago
RT : It’s our last day 😢 but it’s going to be brilliant. The sun is already shining and there’s plenty going on. Find ou… https://t.co/ocLu2zALQ7 — 2 days 21 hours ago
RT : Well done to the cast of ! Fantastic performance at ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ , on to a so… https://t.co/NRJpfnlSSS — 4 days 8 hours ago
RT : At 109 metres long there’s lots to see on board the Russian ship, Mir. The queue isn’t too long so take the opportu… https://t.co/ZmJKMYFppP — 4 days 8 hours ago
What a happy crowd taking part in the sail parade! These guys are loving life! £ https://t.co/1jr3GRkJdw — 4 days 15 hours ago
Well what a parade that was! Simply fantastic! Hats off to walking in stilts whilst playing a drum - WOW! https://t.co/HWF1rXagtN — 4 days 15 hours ago
RT : Just spotted the high wire that will be using to cross the River Wear for the finale of … https://t.co/YO8J0gPfc2 — 4 days 16 hours ago
RT : We’re so excited for that we wanted to learn more about Sunderland’s own naval hero Jack Crawfor… https://t.co/0pkPGS5Ced — 4 days 16 hours ago

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