Sunderland Aquatics Centre

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Sunderland Aquatic Centre is an indoor sports complex next to the Stadium of Light in the city of Sunderland, England. It contains an Olympic-size swimming pool, a diving pool and a gymnasium. It is the only full Olympic-standard pool in North East England between Glasgow and Leeds.
The centre was opened on 18 April 2008 with a fireworks and lights display. Anne, Princess Royal visited the Aquatic Centre on 22 January 2009 and gave it a second 'opening' ceremony. A third ceremony was held in the presence of the Mayor of Sunderland Mary Smith later that year.

It replaced the swimming pool and gymnasium facilities at the crowtree Leisure Centre which was opened in 1978 by Prince Charles. The pool at Crowtree had a tropical beach style with a slide, two diving pools and a wave machine, and was not an Olympic-standard pool. The centre was closed to the general public in October 2011 and demolished in 2013.On 16 June 2012, the Olympic torch was carried through the Aquatic Centre as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay.
In February 2017, Sunderland City Council announced that the centre would have to be closed for up to nine months to make structural repairs to the roof, after leaks were reported. They also confirmed they were taking legal action against builder Balfour Beatty. In August 2018, an out-of-court agreement was reached, and Balfour Beatty committed to carry out a programme of work to repair the roof.

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Sunderland Marina Situated on the North East Coast at the Mouth of the River Wear,Sunderland (/ˈsʌndərlənd/ (About this sound listen), locally /ˈsʊndlənd/) is a city at the centre of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 miles northeast of Durham, 101 miles southeast of Edinburgh and 240 miles north of London. It is a coastal city at the mouth of the River Wear with beaches at Roker and Seaburn. The etymology of Sunderland is derived from sundered land, meaning land sundered, or set aside for a special purpose, from those belonging to the monastery at Monkwearmouth.[4]

Historically in County Durham, there were three original settlements on the site of modern-day Sunderland. On the north side of the river, Monkwearmouth was settled in 674 when Benedict Biscop founded the Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. Opposite the monastery on the south bank, Bishopwearmouth was founded in 930. A small fishing village called Sunderland, located toward the mouth of the river (modern day East End) was granted a charter in 1179.

Over the centuries, Sunderland grew as a port, trading coal and salt. Ships began to be built on the river in the 14th century. By the 19th century, the port of Sunderland had grown to absorb Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth. More recently, Sunderland has seen growth as a commercial centre for the automotive industry, science & technology and the service sector.

A person who is born or lives around the Sunderland area is sometimes colloquially known as a Mackem. This word is a late 20th century coining, and was initially an exonym, not used by the people of Sunderland until the 1980s.Redevelopment of the Monkwearmouth Colliery site, which sits of the north bank of the river Wear opposite the Vaux site, began in the mid-1990s with the creation of the Stadium of Light. In 2008, it was joined by the Sunderland aquatic centre. The Sheepfolds industrial estate occupies a large area of land between the Stadium and the Wearmouth Bridge. Sunderland arc are in the process of purchasing land in the Sheepfolds, with a view to relocate the businesses and redevelop the site. The emphasis of development plans include further sporting facilities, in order to create a Sports Village. Other plans include a hotel, residential accommodation, and a footbridge linking the site with the Vaux development.Each year on the last weekend in July, the city hosts the Sunderland International Airshow. It takes place primarily along the sea front at Roker and Seaburn,

Sunderland also hosts the free International Festival of Kites, Music and Dance, which attracts kite-makers from around the world to Northumbria Playing Fields, Washington.

Every year the city hosts a large Remembrance Day memorial service, the largest in the UK outside London in 2006.[125]

Sunderland's inaugural film festival took place in December 2003 at the Bonded Warehouse on Sunderland riverside, in spite of the lack of any cinema facilities in the city at that time, featuring the films of local and aspiring directors as well as reshowings of acclaimed works, such as Alan Bleasdale's The Monocled Mutineer, accompanied by analysis.[126] By the time of the second festival commencing on 21 January 2005, a new cinema multiplex had opened in Sunderland to provide a venue which allowed the festival to showcase over twenty films.

Attractions[edit]
Notable attractions for visitors to Sunderland include the 14th century Hylton Castle and the beaches of Roker and Seaburn. The National Glass Centre opened in 1998, reflecting Sunderland's distinguished history of glass-making. Despite sustained support from the Arts Council the centre has struggled to meet visitor targets since it opened.

Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, on Borough Road, was the first municipally funded museum in the country outside London.It houses a comprehensive collection of the locally produced Sunderland Lustreware pottery. The City Library Arts Centre, on Fawcett Street, housed the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art until the library was closed in January 2017. The library service was relocated to the Museum and Winter Gardens and the Gallery for Contemporary Art,

The City of Sunderland has been commended several times on its commitment to preserving its natural facilities. As such, Sunderland has been awarded prestigious titles by the Britain in Bloom collective in 1993, 1997 and 2000Each year on the last weekend in July, the city hosts the Sunderland International Airshow. It takes place primarily along the sea front at Roker .

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The voluntary smokefree scheme is initiated following evidence which suggests that children and young people are likely to smoke by seeing adults smoking around them.

The scheme has the support from local people with 70% approval rate of the scheme in a survey carried out during the planning.

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As it aims to become one of the best places to live in the UK, Sunderland is building a new image for itself, an image that reflects its green environment, its light and airy location by the sea, its technological revolution and its smarter attitude to city living. The way people see Sunderland, its image in the outside world, is crucial to its regeneration and development. To help promote the city and its new image Sunderland City Council has produced a film showing what the city has to offer.

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BAE Systems comes to Sunderland

BAE is the latest world class manufacturing company to move into the City of Sunderland.

Following a ground-breaking ceremony, work has now officially started for the companys multi-million plant at Radial 64, Business Park, Washington.

The company was granted planning permission for its development last year and has worked closely with Sunderland City Councils Business and Investment Team on its 280,000sq ft facility and its 25 year lease.

It is expected that 214 staff will transfer to Washington, from their old site at Birtley, and additional business could create a further 40 posts.

Councillor Paul Watson, Leader of Sunderland City Council, said: We're very proud of the world class industries and businesses that are based in our city and BAE's decision to build a hi-tech manufacturing plant here at Washington's Radial 64 Business Park is very pleasing.

We worked closely with the company when it became known that they were interested in working here and we will continue to work closely with BAE in the future.

BAEs new purpose built plant will house a forge, machining centre, and heat and surface treatment plants as it manufactures casing for Ministry of Defence ammunition orders.

Winning Places North East (Film 5)

Winning Places is a brand new partnership project between Northern Architecture and The Building Exploratory in Hackney, inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It is supported by CABE's OSpace programme.
Winning Places engaged an over 55s group to explore sporting architecture in Tyne and Wear. The group meet with built environment, heritage and sports professionals at some of the regions elite sporting facilities. They looked at the design and role these venues play in regeneration and shaping the identity of where we live in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In this film the group tour Sunderland Aquatic Centre, home the regions stunning new Olympic sized pool. They are joined by architect, Stephen Wilson from Red Box and the centres deputy manager, Robert Dobson.

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As it aims to become one of the best places to live in the UK, Sunderland is building a new image for itself, an image that reflects its green environment, its light and airy location by the sea, its technological revolution and its smarter attitude to city living.

The way people see Sunderland, its image in the outside world, is crucial to its regeneration and development. To help promote the city and its new image Sunderland City Council has produced a four-minute film showing what the city has to offer.

The film shows the city's enviable costal location with marine activities such as surfing and canoeing. The coast also forms the backdrop for the largest free airshow in Europe, the Sunderland International Airshow. Short-listed as a World Heritage site St Peter's Church is one of the UK's first stone built churches, this along with Washington Old Hall, home to the direct ancestors of the first president of the United States, give a hint of Sunderland's heritage. The film also highlights the North East's largest theatre, the Sunderland Empire and the Winter Gardens where a tropical rainforest flourishes.