Fulwell, Tyne and Wear

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Fulwell
Fulwell shown within Tyne and Wear
Population	5,000
Metropolitan borough	City of Sunderland
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SUNDERLAND
Postcode district	SR5, SR6
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
European Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Sunderland North
List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear

Coordinates: 54°55′43″N 1°23′01″W / 54.9285, -1.3835

Fulwell is an affluent suburb of northern Sunderland. It borders Seaburn, Southwick, Monkwearmouth, and Roker. Fulwell is located near the district border between Sunderland and South Tyneside. Statistically, it is the least deprived of the City of Sunderland's 25 wards. ^[1]

Housing in the area is varied. A large network of streets in the southern area of Fulwell contains many nineteenth-century houses and cottages, with a large amount of Victorian architecture. In the northern part of Fulwell, housing consists mostly of 1930's semi-detached housing. Due to Fulwell's role as an overwhelmingly residential area, economic activity in the ward is mostly restricted to retail and leisure services. Local services include many shops and pubs, several good schools, a golf range, a fire station, a public library, and is well-served by local bus services, and by the Tyne and Wear Metro network, at Seaburn station.

Fulwell was primarily a farming village until it became part of the urban sprawl of industrial Sunderland in the nineteenth century. Relics of this agricultural past still survive in the form of three windmills, including the unique Fulwell Mill, the only windmill in the United Kingdom featuring a stone reefing stage.

Politically, Fulwell has long been regarded as a blue Conservative Party stronghold amidst a sea of Labour red. Since the ward's creation it has always had at least one Conservative party councillor, and is currently represented on Sunderland City Council by three Conservative councillors.