Posts Tagged with Sunderland

Sunderland Restaurant Week

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Food and drink
Sunderland Restaurant Week provides opportunities for northeast England food lovers to enjoy a three-course dinner for just £15. Two-course meals at participating dining venues are priced at £10. During the daytime, participating cafés feature £5 offers.

Sunderland International Airshow

Places to visit
The Royal Air Force Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight frequently perform at Sunderland International Airshow. Aircraft such as the P51 Mustang, Eurofighter Typhoon and Chinook helicopters count among the aircraft that have flown above the coast of north-east England.

Leonardo da Vinci in Sunderland

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“We've chosen Sunderland, as well as the 11 regional venues, because we are trying to hit the major metropolitan areas in the UK. We've tried to make sure we reach the maximum amount of people,” said Hannah Belcher, the Royal Collection Trust’s Senior Exhibitions Project Co-ordinator. “So here you've got him as a botanist, as an anatomist, as an artist, a painter and a sculptor. You've got his designs for a villa, which is architectural. You've got his military theory interest over there. You've got him working in chalk, in pen and in metal point. Every venue has that kind of cross-section so they can see the most of Leonardo,” said Ms Belcher.

Pages of the Sea in Sunderland

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Places to visit
Carol Ann Duffy, the United Kingdom’s Poet Laureate, created a poem that visitors could read or listen to. If you did not get an opportunity to do that on Armistice Day, you can find the 14-line work, The Wound in Time, on the Pages of the Sea website.

2018 Tall Ships Race in Sunderland

Places to visit
Sunderland, in the north-east of England, was the starting point for the 2018 Tall Ships Race. More than fifty tall ships docked in the Port of Sunderland ahead of Saturday 14 July 2018 when the vessels sailed to the Danish port of Esbjerg on the first leg of the race.