Silksworth Sports Complex

HER Number:
16971

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Silksworth Sports Complex

Place:
Silksworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Sports Site

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The athletics track was opened in August 1982 on the site of Silksworth Colliery, which had closed in 1971. Sunderland Harriers and Athletic Club are based at the athletics track. They formed in 1897. The complex also includes a sports ground and artificial ski slope. Next door is a swimming pool, tennis and wellness centre.

Easting:
3772

Northing:
5416

Grid Reference:
NZ37725416

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 125