Seaburn, Whitburn Bents Road, 'Millennium Mile Post'

HER Number:
11126

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Seaburn, Whitburn Bents Road, 'Millennium Mile Post'

Place:
Seaburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Milepost

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1998 by Jon Mills and casted by Taylors Foundry, Haverhill. A black painted steel column in the shape of a fish tail, with an undersea scene, sea creatures, bones, a petrol pump and a car tyre on the main face. Commissioned by the Millennium Lottery Fund. One of 1000 mile posts funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the National Cycle Network.

Easting:
4056

Northing:
6043

Grid Reference:
NZ40566043

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 204