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Plan Your Visit to Culture House Sunderland

Opening Saturday 12 September

It is free to visit Culture House Sunderland.

Home to the City Library, there are plenty of spaces to explore as well as a year-round programme of activities for all ages.

 

What’s On

 

Address

Culture House Sunderland

Keel Square

High Street West

Sunderland

SR1 3DZ

 

What3Words

Main Entrance: kinds.hill.decide

Opening Times

Monday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm

 

Contact Us

culture.house@sunderland.gov.uk

 

Getting here

By bus, Metro or Train

The closest bus stops are on St Marys Boulevard which is the main road running along the bottom of Keel Square. From here, the walk is approximately 1-2 minutes.

Culture House Sunderland is a 10-minute walk from Park Lane Bus Interchange and Fawcett Street, where most buses stop in the city centre.

The following metro stations are located within 900m of Culture House Sunderland, all have cycle hoops:

  • Sunderland Metro Station – 5 minute walk
  • Park Lane Metro Station – 10 minute walk
  • Millfield Metro Station – 15-20 minute walk

Our closest train station is Sunderland, featuring regional train routes from Middlesbrough and Hexham.

Parking

There are lots of public car parks in and around the city centre, all walking distance from Culture House Sunderland.

The nearest car parks are St Mary’s car park and Bridges Rooftop car park – both are within 1-2 minutes walk. St Mary’s car park has 10 disabled parking bays on the ground floor.

By bike

The venue is accessible by external cycle routes/lanes. National Route 7 – The C2C Cycle Route – runs West from Roker along the North bank of the River Wear. National Route 1 and 70 runs the length of the East coast of the country, with the section through Sunderland running along the popular Seaburn and Roker coastline.

There is a vast network of local on and off-road cycle routes across the city which are shown on maps that you can download from Go Smarter, Go Active