• 1980s to 2000s: floodlighting and further repair[edit]. Penshaw Monument lit in yellow at dusk. The monument illuminated in 2012.
  • What I found justifies why we should give this monument a visit. With this framework in mind, let’s start exploring Penshaw Monument.
  • On Saturday 29 April you can pop into Washington Old Hall for a chat about volunteering opportunities there and at Penshaw Monument.
  • I’m a member of the National Trust. Can anyone give me any idea which is the best bus or buses to get right beside Penshaw Monument!
  • It is floodlit at night. Toponymy. Although often called "Penshaw Monument", the correct title of the structure is The Earl of Durham's Monument.
  • Penshaw Monument lies across the River Wear to the south of Washington and is within the City of Sunderland. It is an imposing reminder of the Lambton family…
  • 'Penshaw Monument' was built in 1844, high up on Penshaw Hill between the districts of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring, within the City of Sunderland.
  • Penshaw Monument is a memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill in the City of Sunderland.
  • Thus, the unloved county of Tyne and Wear came about. Obviously until then, Penshaw Monument was in County Durham as was Sunderland!