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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| map_type                 = Tyne and Wear
| country                  = England
| official_name            = Seaburn
| coordinates              = {{coord|54.933|-1.367|display=inline,title}}
| label_position           = left
| population               = 4,000
| metropolitan_borough     = [[City of Sunderland]]
| metropolitan_county      = [[Tyne and Wear]]
| region                   = North East England
| constituency_westminster = [[Sunderland Central]]
| post_town                = SUNDERLAND
| postcode_area            = SR
| postcode_district        = SR6
| dial_code                = 0191
| os_grid_reference        = NZ406599
| static_image_name        = Seaburn_Beach,_April_2018.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Seaburn Sands
}}

'''Seaburn''' is a [[seaside resort]] and northeastern suburb of [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[North East England]]. The village of [[Whitburn, South Tyneside|Whitburn]] borders the area to the north. To the west and south-west is [[Fulwell, Tyne and Wear|Fulwell]] and to the south the coastal resort of [[Roker]].

Virtually all of Seaburn consists of low-density private housing interspersed with open parkland, laid out in the middle of the 20th century.  Much of the housing is amongst the most expensive in Sunderland, with many large mansion houses situated along the coast, and on adjoining streets.

The seafront is home to a sandy blue flag beach, seaside [[promenade]]s, two [[amusement arcades]], children's [[playground]]s, [[fish and chips|fish and chip]] shops, small [[guest house (lodging)|guest house]]s and two 4 star hotels, The Grand Hotel and the Seaburn Inn.{{fact|date=October 2021}}  The main shopping street is Sea Road, which runs from the seafront up through Fulwell to the [[Seaburn Metro station]].

The area around Queens Parade hosts a 'strip' of restaurants, with three Italian, two Indian and two Chinese restaurants in operation as of 2009.{{fact|date=October 2021}} Also trading are several pubs and coffee shops.  In the late 1980s, the old Seaburn Hall site was redeveloped, with a [[Morrisons]] [[supermarket]], new [[amusement park]] and leisure and fitness centre.  Previously, Seaburn Hall had been a dance hall and live music venue.  It was built in 1939 as part of a development scheme which also included the seafront and a funfair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.php?id=TWCMS:J3893|title=Domain names for UK charities}}</ref>

Seaburn was a favourite place of the painter [[L. S. Lowry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/06_june/12/lowry.shtml |title=Inside Out LS Lowry |publisher=BBC |access-date=2008-01-26}}</ref> A large Lowry painting is displayed in the local Morrisons supermarket.

The area was close to the [[Sunderland A.F.C.]] stadium [[Roker Park]] and was the origin of the [[List of hooligan firms|hooligan firm]] the [[Seaburn Casuals]].<ref>Hooligans 2: The M-Z of Britain's Football Hooligan Gangs By Andy Nicholls, Nick Lowles, published in 2005 by Milo books</ref>

The [[Sunderland International Airshow]] was held on the coast at Seaburn and Roker and was the largest free event of its kind in Europe, with a variety of aircraft, civilian and military aircraft on display.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunderland-airshow.com/|title=Sunderland International Airshow|access-date=2008-01-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509130506/http://www.sunderland-airshow.com/|archive-date=2008-05-09}}</ref>

On the [[Tyne and Wear Metro]] Seaburn is served by its own station.

The suburb is part of the Fulwell ward on [[Sunderland City Council]], and is represented by three Conservative councillors.

==References==
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{{Coastal settlements
|place         = Tyne and Wear
|settlement    = Seaburn, [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]]
|anticlockwise = [[Whitburn, South Tyneside|Whitburn]], [[South Tyneside]]
|clockwise     = [[Roker]]
}}

{{T&W places}}

[[Category:City of Sunderland suburbs]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Tyne and Wear]]
[[Category:Seaside resorts in England]]
[[Category:Sunderland]]