Sports
Sport at the University is very well catered for - for full information see the University Sport Sunderland website. The City of Sunderland also has a great range of sport facilities, ranging from snowboarding to scuba diving, rock climbing to kayaking.
City sport facilities
Marine Activities Centre
Sailing, canoeing, kayaking, powerboating and climbing at Roker beach, Sunderland.
Sunderland Wall
The UK's highest competition-grade indoor climbing wall.
Silksworth Community Pool, Tennis & Wellness Centre
13 indoor and outdoor tennis courts and 25m swimming pool.
Sunderland Sports Complex and Ski Centre
165m outdoor dry ski and snowboard slope, floodlit outdoor 400m athletics track, two full-size astro-turf sports pitches, angling lake, skate park.
Sunderland Aquatic Centre
The only Olympic-standard swimming pool between Leeds and Edinburgh. Features a 10-lane 50m pool and a diving pool with 5m, 3m and 1m platforms.
Watching sport
The North East is also home to a number of world-renowned sports teams:
Sunderland Association Football Club
Newcastle United Football Club
Middlesbrough Football Club
Durham County Cricket Club
Newcastle Vipers Ice Hockey Club
Newcastle Falcons Rugby Club
