Fulwell
Statistics
Population:	5,500
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	NZ3959
Administration
District:	City of Sunderland
Metropolitan county:	Tyne and Wear
Region:	North East England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Tyne and Wear
Historic county:	County Durham
Services
Police force:	Northumbria
Fire and rescue:	{{{Fire}}}
Ambulance:	North East
Post office and telephone
Post town:	Seaburn
Postal district:	SR5 (west of Metro line), SR6 (east of Metro line)
Dialling code:	0191
Politics
UK Parliament:	Sunderland North
European Parliament:	North East England

Fulwell is an affluent suburb of Sunderland in England and an individual ward of the City of Sunderland. It is found on the north side of the River Wear, and borders Seaburn, Southwick, Monkwearmouth, and Roker. Fulwell is located near the district border between Sunderland and South Tyneside. Statistically, it is the least deprived of the City of Sunderland's 25 wards. [1] Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... The City of Sunderland is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ... 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Housing in the area is varied. A large network of streets in the southern area of Fulwell contains many nineteenth-century pit cottages, with a large amount of Victorian architecture. In the northern part of Fulwell, housing consists mostly of 1930's semi-detached housing. Due to Fulwell's role as an overwhelmingly residential area, economic activity in the ward is mostly restricted to retail and leisure services. Local services include many shops and pubs, several schools, a golf centre/driving range, a fire station, a public library, and is well-served by local bus services, and by the Tyne and Wear Metro network, at Seaburn station. Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...

Fulwell was primarily a farming village until it became part of the urban sprawl of industrial Sunderland in the nineteenth century. Relics of this agricultural past still survive in the form of three windmills, including the unique Fulwell Mill, the only windmill in the United Kingdom featuring a stone reefing stage. Spanish Windmills at La Mancha A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ...

Politically, Fulwell has long been regarded as a blue Conservative Party stronghold amidst a sea of Labour red. The area is currently represented on Sunderland City Council by three Conservative councillors. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ...