About Stadium of Light

Sunderland is situated on England's North East coast and is the largest city between Leeds and Edinburgh. Road and rail links are first class, with Sunderland easily accessible from the A1, the main north-south route along the eastern UK, and from the A19.

The cities of Durham and Newcastle are within very easy reach by road and by public transport, 12 and 20 miles away respectively. For local transport, the Tyne & Wear Metro service is an easy means of getting around Sunderland and the region, with direct links to Newcastle Central Station and Newcastle International Airport. Also easily accessible from Sunderland are Tees Valley, Leeds, York, Manchester, Carlisle, Glasgow and Edinburgh with London less than 3 hours away by train.

Nearby airports are Newcastle and Durham Tees Valley served by, amongst others, British Airways and low fare airlines such as easyJet and Ryan Air. Ferry links from Tyneside include routes to Northern Europe.

Transport is a key element in the successful delivery of the concerts, therefore the club, city council and key partners have devised a transport strategy for concerts held at the Stadium of Light, ensuring that concert-goers can get into and out of the city successfully.

As the venue and city will be dealing with around 35-40,000 people coming to the Stadium for the concerts there will be slight disruption expected to the immediate surrounding areas on concert days, similar to the levels experienced on home match days. Planning of routes is advised and please leave adequate time for your journey, should delays occur.

It is advised that at peak times (4pm-7pm and 11pm onwards) there may be disruption in the area surrounding the Stadium of Light.

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