External Links

English Heritage

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

ICOMOS-UK
ICOMOS-UK is the UK part of ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites) which assesses cultural world heritage nominations.
www.icomos-uk.org

South Tyneside - for visitors
Everything you need to know about visiting South Tyneside.
http://www.visitsouthtyneside.co.uk

South Tyneside Council

http://www.southtyneside.gov.uk

Sunderland - for visitors
A site containing everything you need to know about visiting Sunderland.
http://www.visitsunderland.com

Sunderland City Council

http://www.sunderland.gov.uk

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

http://whc.unesco.org/

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

oversees World Heritage issues in the UK, including new nominations, with English Heritage as its statutory advisor for England.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/historic_environment/4168.aspx

One Monastery in Two Places project

The project, running for two years from 2009-2011, seeks to examine early Christian monuments of Wearmouth-Jarrow in their landscape setting across time, from their foundation to their place in contemporary society.  

http://www.omtp.org.uk/

Bede's Way Walk & Cycle Route

Bede's Way is a walking and cycling route devised to link the twin sites of the Anglo-Saxon monastery of St Peter's in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, with St Paul's in Jarrow.

http://www.southtyneside.info/article/8773/Bedes-Way-walk--cycle-route

Wearmouth-Jarrow venues

Bede's World

http://www.bedesworld.co.uk

National Glass Centre

http://www.nationalglasscentre.com

Parish of Jarrow
St Paul's Church, Jarrow, still a living church over 13 centuries on, forms part of the candidate World Heritage Site.
http://www.jarrowparish.info/

Parish of Monkwearmouth
St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, still a living church over 13 centuries on, forms part of the candidate World Heritage Site.
http://www.parishofmonkwearmouth.co.uk/

Tyne & Wear Museums

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk