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Grindon
Population	10,000
Metropolitan borough	City of Sunderland
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SUNDERLAND
Postcode district	SR4
Dialling code	0191

Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East

EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Houghton and Sunderland South
List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°53′20″N 1°26′31″W / 54.889°N 1.442°W / 54.889; -1.442

Grindon is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in the United Kingdom.

Located three miles to the west of the city centre along Chester Road, Grindon is a densely populated area of Sunderland. It includes a wide variety of housing, from modern, newly built estates to massive post-war housing projects, built to house people whose homes were bombed during World War II.

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