Skip to content
The Great Britain Guide

Towns & cities · Scottish Lowlands

Washington

Washington — town in the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England.

Washington

Wikimedia Commons contributors — see linked file page for photographer and licence licence

About

Washington is a town of about 67,158 people in lowlands. (Town in Tyne and Wear, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Washington is a town in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it is the ancestral settlement of the local Washington family, from which the first president of the United States, George Washington, descended.". Coordinates 54.9000°, -1.5200°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
54.9000, -1.5200
Population
67,158

Sources

Things to see in Washington

1 attraction within 12 km.

Nearby