Hendon Burn

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Hendon Burn in Backhouse Park, 2021 HendonBurn.jpg
Hendon Burn in Backhouse Park, 2021

Hendon Burn is a stream flowing through Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. [1] serving as a drainage basin for most of the city's southern half, [2] its route proceeds from Doxford Park through the Farringdon Country Park area and into Gilley Law, Silksworth, Barnes, Ashbrooke and Backhouse Park before reaching the sea at Hendon. [3]

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References

  1. "Map" (PDF). 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "City of Sunderland Landscape Character Assessment" (PDF). www.sunderland.gov.uk.
  3. "Geograph:: Hendon Burn, Backhouse Park, Sunderland (C) Malc McDonald". www.geograph.org.uk.