Sunderland, Carley Hill Rd, Wearmouth Colliery Welfare Ground

HER Number:
16815

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Carley Hill Rd, Wearmouth Colliery Welfare Ground

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Site

Site Type: Specific:
Recreation Ground

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Opened in 1928 with a cricket pitch and bowling greens. This was the result of the setting up of the Miners Welfare Fund in 1920. The fund was raised via a levy on colliery revenues. The bulk of the fund was spent on the provision of pithead baths, but also community halls, indoor swimming pools and sports grounds like this one. The sports ground is pleasant but has no buildings of architectural merit.

Easting:
3887

Northing:
5904

Grid Reference:
NZ38875904

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 21