The pit site which was transformed into a beauty spot

Sunderland Echo
Sunderland Echo
  • 3 months ago
How Sunderland's tourist gem - Herrington Country Park - took shape.
Transcript
00:00Pit Heap, Leisure Spot, Landmark, Event Venue, Hurrington has seen it all.
00:08Can you believe it was 24 years ago when Hurrington Country Park was taken shape?
00:14The echo was there to capture these images of a site which would eventually become 200 hectares of beauty.
00:23Hurrington Pit had been replaced by a series of ponds, an amphitheatre and even a Wearside mini rival, the Stonehenge.
00:3447 sites were set aside for artwork and the venue was also set up to host everything from the Olympic Torch celebrations in 2012
00:46to the Radio One Big Weekend to Race for Life.
00:51Tell us about the Wearside Landmark you love the most by emailing chris.cordner at nationalworld.com

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