How to get toSunderland Bowlcar-free

Discount: Enjoy a 25% discount on any online booking by using the promo code NECA25 at the online checkout and showing your bus ticket on arrival. Walk-up bookings can enjoy family bowling or mini golf for just £15 when you travel by bus.

For more money-saving tips see our handy guides to UK trains and buses.

Within the North East Combined Authority area, visit by bus for a maximum of £2.50 single or get a day’s unlimited bus, Metro and Shields Ferry travel from anywhere within the North East Combined Authority area for £7.50 by buying a TNE Day Saver.

For journeys wholly within Tyne and Wear (including Metro and Shields Ferry and Sunderland to Blaydon rail) you can buy a Tyne and Wear Day Rover and travel all day for just £6.80.

Passengers aged 5-21 can get £1 single or £3 regionwide day tickets. However, kids aged 5-11 travel free on the bus with an adult during school holidays (up to three children aged 11 and under). This offer applies within the North East Combined Authority – County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, and Sunderland.

All other bus tickets and passes are also valid for the discount offer.

See full fares, offers and information at www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/bus.

A Sunderland PlusBus ticket gives you unlimited travel around the town when bought with a train ticket.

Children are welcomed with a reduced ticket price.

View cliffs, piers and lighthouses on bus E1 scenic route from South Shields. Bus 20, the ‘Prince Bishop’ from Durham alternates between Wearside country and heritage. There are more pictureque bus rides in the North East too.

Cycle path National Route 1 runs mostly off-road from over the River Wear (as the Two Rivers Cycleway) and across Sunderland. The C2C route runs along the North of the River Wear.

Plan your cycle route here. There are bike racks opposite Nandos on the High Street, and also along Lambton Street pedestrian area.

You can take your bike on some Metro train services (and on all new trains from 2024).

Footpath the Weardale Way also crosses Wearmouth Bridge into Sunderland, then follows the river in-land. It’s about a 5-minute walk from the bridge to Sunderland Bowl.

Taxis wait at Sunderland train station, or can be booked from: City – 0191 511 0111 or Station – 0191 555 5555.

Find accessibility information for Sunderland Bowl and transport. Sunderland train station has step-free access.

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