All About Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail App
As part of the Tall Ships Races Sunderland a Cultural Heritage Programme was devised with an overarching title of ‘Made for the Open Seas’. This involved a mix of creative artistic and heritage projects, developed to welcome and engage communities and visitors. ‘Harbouring Heritage’ was an exciting heritage programme of activities led by Sunderland City Council and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail has been developed as a part of this strand of the programme.
Sunderland is a place steeped in history with a long tradition of ship building and an extremely rich maritime heritage going back centuries. Learn more about this history by exploring a number of points of interest along the trail including Trafalgar Square, Wearmouth Bridge, Potato Garth and Roker Pier.
To enjoy an interactive walking trail and to discover more about some of Sunderland’s fascinating historic characters like Jack Crawford, Benedict Biscop and Harry Watts, download the Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail app which has maps, photos and videos to bring our history to life.
All About Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail App
As part of the Tall Ships Races Sunderland a Cultural Heritage Programme was devised with an overarching title of ‘Made for the Open Seas’. This involved a mix of creative artistic and heritage projects, developed to welcome and engage communities and visitors. ‘Harbouring Heritage’ was an exciting heritage programme of activities led by Sunderland City Council and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail has been developed as a part of this strand of the programme.
Sunderland is a place steeped in history with a long tradition of ship building and an extremely rich maritime heritage going back centuries. Learn more about this history by exploring a number of points of interest along the trail including Trafalgar Square, Wearmouth Bridge, Potato Garth and Roker Pier.
To enjoy an interactive walking trail and to discover more about some of Sunderland’s fascinating historic characters like Jack Crawford, Benedict Biscop and Harry Watts, download the Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail app which has maps, photos and videos to bring our history to life.
Features
The Reasons You’ll Love It
Over 20 Points of Interest
From the Port of Sunderland to Roker Pier The Sunderland Riverside Heritage App will take you around over 20 local Points of Interest.Taking in the East End & Riverside of Sunderland
Heritage sites include; Phoenix Hall Masonic Lodge, Panns Bank, St Peter’s Church, Quayside Exchange, Roker Pier and many more…
Video, Audio & Photography
Each Point of Interest has media as well as text. Some points have video, some have an audio clip of local people talking about their city.Mix of Media
There are over 50 pieces of media, including video, audio, photography and maps. Much of which is historic, digitised for this app. You get to see large ships, old streets and factories as well as hearing first hand accounts of life read by local people.
Dynamic & Interactive Map
The trail map is dynamic and intuitive for ease of use. You can move the map, scroll and zoom in to aid navigation between points.Ease of Navigation
The maps also have a trail line to aid moving from point to point. For those who wish to make their own trail, the map allows this with ease to make new routes between Points of Interest.
GPS for Greater Accuracy
The Sunderland Heritage Trail App uses your phone Global Positioning System for greater accuracy.A Trail with SatNav
Using your phones GPS, you’ll be guided around the City of Sunderland to see all the Points of Interest. The icon on the map will change colour to highlight the points you have visited, particularly useful if planning to complete the trail during multiple visits.
Public Transport Points
Our app has the ability to turn on public transport and public parking locations to help you plan your day.Public Car Parks
In the map view, you can toggle on and off the local bus stops, metro and train stations as well as public car parking facilities.
Swag Bags
Young sailors enjoying the trail can collect Swag Bags at each Point of Interest to help them improve their ranking.Rank up to Commodore
Swag Bags are a fun way of engaging young people and ensuring they enjoy the heritage trail too. Each sailor can collect a Swag Bag which helps to improve their ranking, from sailor to commodore.
Learn the history of Sunderland
Learn the history of Sunderland
The Tall Ships Races 2018
Sunderland will welcome a majestic fleet of Tall Ships to take part in a colourful four day festival of culture and entertainment across the city, before they set sail in spectacular style to compete in the first leg of The Tall Ships Races 2018. The Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail app helps you get the most out of this amazing event with Tall Ships Zones highlighted on the interactive map.
The Tall Ships Races 2018
Sunderland will welcome a majestic fleet of Tall Ships to take part in a colourful four day festival of culture and entertainment across the city, before they set sail in spectacular style to compete in the first leg of The Tall Ships Races 2018. The Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail app helps you get the most out of this amazing event with Tall Ships Zones highlighted on the interactive map.
Beautiful & Easy To Use
We’ve designed the interface to be as user friendly as possible with keys elements:
Easy to use map
GPS for easy navigation
Interesting & Historical Points of Interest
A range of media for each point
Local transport links included
Beautiful & Easy To Use
We’ve designed the interface to be as user friendly as possible with keys elements:
Easy to use map
GPS for easy navigation
Interesting & Historical Points of Interest
A range of media for each point
Local transport links included
Points of interest
Stunning historic photography of sites within the Sunderland Heritage Trail.
Points of interest
Stunning historic photography of sites within the Sunderland Heritage Trail.
Key Partners
Heritage Lottery
Fund
The development of the Sunderland Riverside Heritage Trail app has been supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Sunderland
City Council
Sunderland City Council has worked in partnership with a range of key partners to encourage as many people as possible to learn and engage with the city’s historical past, present and future. To celebrate Sunderland’s rich maritime and industrial heritage, its people, places and historical assets.
The Tall Ships Races Sunderland 2018
Sunderland will welcome a majestic fleet of Tall Ships to take part in a colourful four day festival of culture and entertainment across the city, before they set sail in spectacular style to compete in the first leg of The Tall Ships Races 2018.
Acknowledgements
We’d like to thank the following individuals, groups and businesses for helping make this app possible:
Sunderland Antiquarian Society, Sunderland Maritime Heritage, John Tumman, John Brantingham, Rachel Webb, Julie Maven, Dave Walmsley, Matt Storey, Adam Lamb
and Indigo Multimedia.