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Second Sun Sculpture (Riverside Sculpture Trail, Sunderland)

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Alice Baddeley

October 5, 2023

The Second Sun sculpture lies on NCN 7 (part of C2C) under Wearmouth Bridge, and is part of the Riverside Sculpture Trail.

This sculpture covers the largest area on the riverside. Smaller installations extend along to the coast, and are named after all the planets in the solar system. They're placed proportionately distant from the Second Sun, offering C2C and W2W cyclists and walkers the distance they are from their finish line.

Gordon

August 28, 2020

Triffid sculpture which is the Sun. As you close in on the C2C finish you will pass all of the planets

steve

September 1, 2020

Second Sun’, by Liverpool-based artist Andrew Small. This massive sculpture is one of a pair he was commissioned to make as part of the final stage of the C2C cycle route in 2009 , more info below

wp.sunderland.ac.uk/seagullcity/riverside-sculpture-walk

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Location: North East England, England, United Kingdom

Second Sun Sculpture (Riverside Sculpture Trail, Sunderland)

1. Jarrow and South Shields loop from Sunderland

2. Durham and Consett loop from Sunderland

3. National Glass Centre – Roker Pier and Lighthouse loop from South Hylton

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