Seaburn

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Seaburn

Statistics

Population:

3,700

Ordnance Survey

Administration

Other

Services

Post office and telephone

SR6

0191

Politics

Seaburn is an affluent coastal suburb in the North East city of Sunderland, England with the village of Whitburn, South Tyneside to the north and the twin resort of Roker to the south.

Most of Seaburn is low-density private housing, constructed during the middle of the 20th Century. The seafront is home to a variety of seaside attractions, including a sandy beach, seaside promenades, an amusement park, children's playgrounds, traditional fish and chip shops, many small guest houses and one four star hotel the Marriott Sunderland, formerly the Seaburn Hotel.

Seaburn is still very popular with development happening in recent time. A small 'strip' of foreign cusine restaraunts has emerged making Seaburn a popular place to eat on a night time. As of 11 October 2006, there are four Italian resataraunts two Indian cuisine resataraunts, three fish and chip shops and a pub serving more traditional English food.^{[citation needed]}

In the late 1980s, the old Seaburn funfair was redeveloped, with a Morrisons supermarket, new amusement park and leisure centre. The area now co-hosts (along with the twin resort of Roker) the annual Sunderland International Airshow, the largest such event in Europe. It remains a popular resort attraction for people across Wearside and beyond.

The area was one of critically acclaimed painter L. S. Lowry's places to stay. The time he spent in the area is acknowledged in the Morrisons supermarket entrance which displays a huge replica painting of his.

The Sunderland International Airshow (http://www.sunderland-airshow.com/) is held on the coast at Seaburn and adjoining Roker and is the largest free event of its kind in Europe. The airshow is always very popular with members of the public with a good variety of acts ranging from Fast Jets from both the RAF and other air forces to small civilian acts like the Sukhoi 26. The show is aimed at all ages with other activities going on throughout the day making it a very popular day in the North of england and Scotland.

Seaburn has its own station on the Tyne and Wear Metro

The area is part of the Fulwell ward on Sunderland City Council, represented by three Conservative councillors, and has long been regarded as a stronghold of the Conservative Party.