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Amy Darbyshire

Heritage Trail and St. Peter's Sculpture Trail

Updated: Feb 18, 2021

This afternoon I decided to take a drive over to St Peter's campus, so I have a walk around some of the Sunderland Marina River Wear Circular trail. As it is still very icy, I only walked part of it as it was taking me a long time to walk just a short part of this trail. Today I came here to photograph the art sculptures that are placed along the path that leads from the National Glass Centre over to Wearmouth Bridge.

Location of St. Peter's Campus

Below is a map of the walking trail with each letter corresponding to an attraction point.

A - Sunderland Marina

B - Port of Sunderland

C - National Glass Centre

D - Sunderland Shipyards

E - Wearmouth Bridge

F - Stadium of Light

G - Monkwearmouth Station Museum

H - St Peter's Church

This trail should take about an hour to walk as it is 3.1 miles long, which is perfect for a lockdown walk. You don't have to stick to this trail exactly, maybe start off with a smaller goal of completing viewing a couple of these attraction points or waking for a specific amount of time. Click the image to view some more information about this trail.


I arrived at the St Peter's Campus car park (roughly at H) and then made my way over to B, following the red line marked out on the map above. Walking this way introduced me to buildings and attractions that I had never seen before, so it was interesting to me to see what was located around here. Firstly, I came across St Peter's library where there was a stone structure of books outside of the building, which had been covered with brightly coloured glass, called 'Pathways of Knowledge'. It was a strange feeling seeing the library and other rooms so empty at the University, I am looking forward to everything going back to normal again. Further along, past the National Glass Centre near the port of Sunderland was a ruin of a house layout made from red sandstone from the old Queen Alexandra Bridge. This is to show how home used to be like, living in a densely packed space. The is named 'The Red House' and you can find out more information about this house and the other 12 sculptures along this trail by clicking on the map below.


My last stop was at number 1, where there lay a nut and bolt, a telescope and sculpture of a tree. The tree is called 'Shadows in Another Light', where the artworks around the outside of the structure were made by visually impaired adults, where you can see some of them below in the photographs I took. Each artwork has been inspired by the River Wear and the attractions it has to offer. You will see lighthouses, beaches, ships, the Wearmouth Bridge and the Lambton Worm. There are many more sculptures to discover along this trail, so my challenge to you is to see how many you can find.


Leave a comment below saying which sculptures you have seen on this trail and which one is your favourite. I think my favourite would have to be the 'Pathway of Knowledge' books, as the glass shines so beautifully in the light.




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