The A183 road runs from South Shields

South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

 in Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972...

, through Sunderland and ends at Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...

 in County Durham

County Durham

County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...

. It is a major route in South Tyneside

South Tyneside

South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England.It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. The border county of Northumberland lies further north...

, Sunderland and Chester-le-Street serving many areas and landmarks along its route.

South Tyneside section

The road begins in the centre of South Shields, near the Town Hall, as Anderson Street. It becomes Ocean Road, famous locally for its Indian restaurants, and subject to traffic calming measures in recent years. The A183 then becomes Sea Road as it passes between the North and South Marine Parks as well as the Wouldhave Memorial and Sea Hotel. The road then continues along the seafront area of the town passing the fairground, Bents Park and Amphitheatre. The road then turns at Gandhi's Temple and becomes Mowbray Road as it passes Gypsies Green Stadium.

At the New Crown Hotel it becomes the Coast Road once past the junction for the Waters Edge public house, the road continues to Marsden without any turn junctions, passing The Leas on the Coastal side, the finishing point for the Great North Run

Great North Run

The Bupa Great North Run is the world's largest half marathon, taking place annually each September. Participants run between Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields in England. The run was devised by former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster.The first Great...

. The A183 then meets the A1300

A1300 road

The A1300 is the main 'cross town' route in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. The road runs from Simonside to Marsden via Harton Nook.-Route:The A1300 begins as the John Reid Road at the junction with the A194. The road proceeds as Dual carriageway through Simonside, Brockley Whins, Biddick Hall and...

 at its junction on Redwell Lane and continues as the Coast Road. Nest the road passes the famous Marsden Rock

Marsden Rock

Marsden Rock is a rock formation in Tyne and Wear, North East England, situated in Marsden, South Shields. It is owned by the National Trust. The face of the rock was changed forever when tidal erosion caused the arch to collapse in 1996. Prior to this it was the feature included on most postcards...

 and Marsden Grotto

Marsden Grotto

The Marsden Grotto, locally known as The Grotto, is a public house located on the coast at Marsden in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England-U.K. The pub is one of the only 'cave bars' in Europe, other 'cave bars' include the Caves of Xoroi in Menorca...

 on Marsden Beach. The A183 then continues at the Coast Road until it reaches Souter Lighthouse

Souter Lighthouse

Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the village of Marsden in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England.-History:The lighthouse is located on Lizard Point at Marsden, but takes its name from Souter Point, which is located a mile to the south...

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The road now becomes Mill Lane as it passes through Whitburn Colliery, the road becomein East Street as it passes through Whitburn

Whitburn, South Tyneside

Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, on the coast of North East England. It lies just to the north of the City of Sunderland in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear. Until 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into being, it was part of County Durham...

 Village itself. After passing Cornthwaite Park the A183 becomes Whitburn Bents Road and enters Sunderland.

Sunderland section

Once through Whitburn

Whitburn, South Tyneside

Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, on the coast of North East England. It lies just to the north of the City of Sunderland in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear. Until 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into being, it was part of County Durham...

, the road enters Sunderland. It runs along the seafront, as Whitburn Road, passing the beach

Beach

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

es of Seaburn

Seaburn

Seaburn is a seaside resort and suburb of Sunderland, North East England. The village of Whitburn borders the area to the north. To the west and south-west is Fulwell and to the south the coastal resort of Roker....

 (home of the annual Sunderland International Airshow which attracts 1.2 million visitors) and Roker

Roker

Roker is a tourist resort and affluent area of Sunderland, North East England, bounded on the south by the River Wear and Monkwearmouth, on the east by the North Sea, to the west by Fulwell and on the north by Seaburn. It is administered as part of the City of Sunderland.The majority of the...

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It then winds alongside the River Wear

River Wear

The River Wear is located in North East England, rising in the Pennines and flowing eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea at Sunderland.-Geology and history:...

, as Dame Dorothy Street, where it passes the National Glass Centre

National Glass Centre

The National Glass Centre is a cultural venue and visitor attraction located in Sunderland, North East England.-Background:The National Glass Centre is located in Monkwearmouth, on the north banks of the River Wear, on the former site of J.L. Thompson and Sons shipyard. The centre is close to the...

, the St. Peter's campus of the University of Sunderland

University of Sunderland

The University of Sunderland is located in Sunderland, north east England. The university has more than 17,500 students, including 7,000-plus international students from some 70 countries....

, the seventh century St. Peter's Church, before crossing the river into the city centre at the Wearmouth Bridge - which it shares with the A1018 road

A1018 road

The A1018 is a road in North East England. It runs between South Shields, at the mouth of the River Tyne, and the A19 near Seaham, County Durham. Most of the route it follows is the old alignment of the A19, before it by-passed Sunderland to meet the Tyne Tunnel.-South Tyneside section:The road...

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It loops around the north-western edge of the city centre as St. Mary's Way, Livingstone Road and St. Michael's Way, where it passes Sunderland Minster

Sunderland Minster

Sunderland Minster Church of St. Michaels and All Angels is a church in Sunderland city centre, England. It was known as St. Michael's Church, serving the parish of Bishopwearmouth, but was renamed on 11 January 1998 in recognition of Sunderland's city status. In May 2007 the Minister ceased to...

, before becoming Chester Road.

As Chester Road it runs past the city campus of the University, and through a commercial section before reaching the Sunderland Royal Hospital. It runs alongside Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

Bishopwearmouth Cemetery is a cemetery in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It lies between Hylton Road and Chester Road .-History:...

 toward the Grindon

Grindon, Sunderland

Grindon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in the United Kingdom.Located three miles to the west of the city centre along Chester Road, Grindon is a densely-populated area of Sunderland...

 estate. It is here that it becomes a dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...

 - running past the Pennywell

Pennywell

Pennywell is one of the UK's largest post-war social housing schemes, and is situated in the central-west area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, North East England. Pennywell is the largest local authority housing estate in the City of Sunderland...

 and Hastings Hill

Hastings Hill

Hastings Hill is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.Hastings Hill is a housing estate, close to the A19, and the Pennywell and Grindon areas of Sunderland. It was built as a private development in the late 1960s on an area of land between the county borough boundary and the surrounding post war...

 estates, past the Sunderland Echo

Sunderland Echo

The Sunderland Echo is an evening newspaper serving the Sunderland, South Tyneside and East Durham areas of North East England. The newspaper was founded by Samuel Storey, Edward Backhouse, Edward Temperley Gourley, Charles Palmer, Richard Ruddock, Thomas Glaholm and Thomas Scott Turnbull in 1873,...

office to the A19

A19 road

The A19 is a major road in England running approximately parallel to and east of the A1 road, although the two roads meet at the northern end of the A19, the two roads originally met at the southern end of the A19 in Doncaster but the old route of the A1 was changed to the A638. From Sunderland...

 fly-over.

Past the A19 the road runs past the Herrington Country Park

Herrington

Herrington is an area in the south of Sunderland, formerly in County Durham in North East England.The Herringtons are split into East & Middle and West and New villages. East and Middle Herrington is now a largely residential area just off the A690...

 and the Penshaw Monument

Penshaw Monument

Penshaw Monument is a folly built in 1844 on Penshaw Hill between the districts of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring, within the City of Sunderland, North East England...

, through Penshaw

Penshaw

The village of Penshaw , formerly known as Painshaw or Pensher, is an area of the metropolitan district of the City of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England...

, before reaching a large roundabout at Shiney Row

Shiney Row

Shiney Row is a village in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear. Shiney Row enjoys good travel links with the rest of Sunderland. One of the City of Sunderland College's main centres is located in Shiney Row...

 with the A182

A182 road

The A182 begins on the A194 motorway between Gateshead and Washington. Though it is a non-primary route it takes the form of a fast grade-separated dual carriageway passing through the New town of Washington from the A194, before meeting at a roundabout with the A183 in Shiney Row.During this dual...

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Originally. the road carried on through Shiney Row - but due to traffic-calming measures and the opening of a new link road past the new Biddick Woods Estate (which lies to the west of Shiney Row, the A183 shares the A182 for approx 1/2 mi, before coming onto its own again at Biddick Woods - then linking onto its original route just short of the county boundary near the site of the old cokeworks between Bournmoor

Bournmoor

Bournmoor is a village in County Durham, England, and is situated a short distance from Chester-le-Street. It lies on the edge of the Lambton Estate and contains St Barnabas' Church, which houses the Frostley Angel....

 and Shiney Row at Wapping Bridge). The link road will eventually continue through to Chilton Moor

Chilton Moor

Chilton Moor is located between Houghton le Spring and Fencehouses on the Tyne and Wear/County Durham county boundary. The name of the village differs depending on whom you speak to , but both are acceptable....

 and connect onto the A690

A690 road

The A690 is a road in County Durham running from Sunderland in the east through Durham to Crook.-Sunderland section:Throughout the Sunderland section it is known as either Durham Road or New Durham Road, and is one of the major routes in and out of the city. A single carriageway section runs from...

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County Durham section

The road becomes single carriageway

Single carriageway

A single carriageway is a road with 1, 2 or more lanes arranged within a single carriageway with no central reservation to separate opposing flows of traffic. Two-lane road or two-lane highway are single carriageway with one lane for each direction...

 once more, and passes out of Sunderland through Bournmoor

Bournmoor

Bournmoor is a village in County Durham, England, and is situated a short distance from Chester-le-Street. It lies on the edge of the Lambton Estate and contains St Barnabas' Church, which houses the Frostley Angel....

. It runs downhill alongside the river Wear, close to Lumley Castle

Lumley Castle

Lumley Castle is a 14th century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near to the city of Durham and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:...

. This stretch is called New Bridge Bank, and the road crosses over the New Bridge, one of the earliest crossings over the river Wear. The road ends at the A1(M) junction - the Blind Lane leads to Beamish

Beamish, County Durham

Beamish, previously named 'Pit Hill', is a village in County Durham, England situated to the north east of Stanley.The village is contained within Hell Hole Wood and is home to Beamish Museum, an open-air museum seeking to replicate a northern town of the early 20th century...

 on the A693 and the Shields Road leads into Chester-le-Street.