Getting to City Hall

City Hall

Is well placed for walking, cycling and public transport and visitors who can use sustainable transport are encouraged to do so.

Sunderland City Council

City Hall

Plater Way

Sunderland

SR1 3AA

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Walking

City Hall is accessible by excellent quality pedestrian links. Useful links to city centre, close walking distance to Railway Station, St Peters Metro Station, bus stops and Park Lane bus interchange.  Plan your journey by foot: www.googlemaps.co.uk 

Map My Walk is a GPS walking and step tracking application that can help identify a suitable route, including tracking duration, distance, pace, and calories burned. For more info visit: www.mapmywalk.com/app/ 

The map below shows the approx. distance and walking times from City Centre locations to City Hall in addition to the number of steps that could be added to daily targets each time walking from/to each location

Cycling 

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 the Go Smarter, Go Active Website: www.gosmartergoactive.co.uk

Public Transport

Plan your bus or metro journey using www.traveline.info

Find out which bus or metro is arriving next by using the Nexus Live Travel Map www.livemap.nexus.org

Bus Services

City Hall is located within a 10-minute walk of the Park Lane Bus Interchange and Fawcett Street where most of the buses stop in the city centre.

The closest bus stops to City Hall are located on St Mary's Boulevard

• Adjacent City Hall Eastbound, A183 St. Marys Boulevard 
• Adjacent Keel Square Westbound, A183 St. Marys Boulevard 

Buses that currently serve these bus stops are:

• Stagecoach 20 Eastbound to City Centre will pass City Hall to Fawcett Street
• 700 / 701 Connect Bus Eastbound to St. Peters Metro, Stadium of Light & Westbound to Park Lane Interchange
• Go NE 9 Westbound to City Centre to Park Lane interchange 
• Go NE 56 Westbound to City Centre to Park Lane interchange  

Metro Services

The following metro stations are located within 800m of City Hall:

• St Peters Metro Station - is the nearest station to City Hall with lifts for access. 5-minute walk from City Hall with cycle storage facilities and an e-scooter pick up / drop off area. 
• Sunderland Metro Station - within the City Centre, 5-minute walk to City Hall, Cycle hoops and an e-scooter pick up / drop off area. 
• Park Lane Metro Station - within the City Centre, 10 mins walk to City Hall, Cycle hoops and an e-scooter pick up / drop off area. 
• Millfield Metro Station - outside of City Centre 15/20-minute walk to City Hall, cycle hoops and an e-scooter pick up / drop off area.

Railway Station 

Sunderland Railway Station, within the City Centre a 5-minute walk. Train operating companies serving this station: 

• GNER
• Metro 
• Grand Central

Bus Tickets

Mobile bus tickets can be purchased on the following apps: 

• Go North East - www.gonortheast.co.uk/gneapp 
• Stagecoach - www.stagecoachbus.com/regional-help-and-contact/north-east/app 
• Arriva - www.arrivabus.co.uk/bus-tickets/m-ticket/m-ticket-faqs/

For more information on how to purchase a ticket visit www.networkonetickets.co.uk  

Metro Tickets 

Metro tickets are valid on the Metro, Shields Ferry and Sunderland to Newcastle rail line, if they fall into your chosen zone. 

All Metro Saver tickets are loaded onto a POP Card. For more information,www.popcard.org.uk.

Parking 

It is important to outline that there will is  no parking available at City Hall but there are lots of public car parks in and around the city centre.  

Payment of the daily or hourly rate can be made with cash at the machines which are in most locations or by using the RingGo cashless parking facility. Details of the RingGo system is available on posters at each location.  

For more info visit www.sunderland.gov.uk/RingGo 

Car Park Costs 

There are various public car parks located across the city that could be used by visitors . The hourly rates in each location vary.

Payment of the daily or hourly rate can be made with cash at the machines or in most locations by using the RingGo cashless parking facility.

Details of the RingGo system is available on posters at each location.

For more info visit www.sunderland.gov.uk/RingGo

Motorcycle Parking  

Motorcycles can be parked in St Mary's Car Park. Chargeable at the hourly tariff. There are no designated bays, but motorbikes and mopeds can park in a safe area - near to the main office - which will be designated to you by the security staff on duty. 

Car Sharing  

Please consider car sharing for your journey to City Hall.  One of the greatest benefits of sharing a car is financial. You can save a lot of money by car sharing in a number of ways, depending on the arrangements you make with the person sharing your car. Sharing a car is also good for the environment. Many of us are concerned for the planet and reducing the number of cars on the road is an important step to making the world around us healthier. Car sharing is a great way to achieve this end with more people sharing one car there will be fewer individual cars on the roads, reducing carbon emissions and creating cleaner air in our towns and cities. 

Disabled Parking / Blue Badge Holders

There are ten disabled bays on the ground floor of St Mary's Car park and a further nine disabled bays on the second floor available for staff and visitors to use (normal St Mary's car park charges apply)  

There are other designated disabled bays in or around the Riverside Sunderland site for more information visit the Disabled Parking section on the Sunderland City Council website.

Electric Car Charging

West Wear Street car park has the Fastned Charging station that is close to the Riverside Sunderland site. The UK' first 24/7 drive though electric filling station has a bespoke canopy and provides: 

·       2 x 175kw ultra rapid charging units 

·       4 x 50kw rapid charging units

It is ideally located for drive in, short stay to recharge batteries for EV vehicles at a rate of 39p/kwh. For more information visit www.fastnedcharging.com/en/    

A list of all charging points in the city centre are shown below.