Carley Hill Road, Wearmouth Colliery Welfare Ground

Opened in 1928 with a cricket pitch and bowling greens. This was the result of the setting up of the Miners Welfare Fund in 1920. The fund was raised via a levy on colliery revenues. The bulk of the fund was spent on the provision of pithead baths, but also community halls, indoor swimming pools and sports grounds like this one. The sports ground is pleasant but has no buildings of architectural merit.