Tyne and Wear HER(11126): Seaburn, Whitburn Bents Road, 'Millennium Mile Post' - Details
11126
Sunderland
Seaburn, Whitburn Bents Road, 'Millennium Mile Post'
Seaburn
NZ46SW
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Street Furniture
Milepost
Modern
C20
Structure
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.
4056
6043
NZ40566043
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 204