Seaburn, Whitburn Bents Road, 'Millennium Mile Post'
Seaburn, Whitburn Bents Road, 'Millennium Mile Post'
HER Number
11126
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Seaburn, Whitburn Bents Road, 'Millennium Mile Post'
Place
Seaburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Milepost
Site Type: Specific
Milepost
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
1998 by Jon Mills and casted by Taylors Foundry, Haverhill. A black painted steel column in the shape of a fish tail, with an undersea scene, sea creatures, bones, a petrol pump and a car tyre on the main face. Commissioned by the Millennium Lottery Fund. One of 1000 mile posts funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland to mark the National Cycle Network.
Easting
440560
Northing
560430
Grid Reference
NZ440560560430
Sources
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 204