St Peter’s station opened in 2002 with the rest of the Sunderland expansion and is pretty close to both Sunderland and Stadium of Light stations. In fact, geographically, St Peters station is actually closer to the football ground than the Stadium of Light metro station – fact fans!
If you’re coming from Sunderland, exit the platform and down the stairs and start walking towards the big Tesco you’ll see in the distance. In about 5 minutes you’re come to a fork in the road which either leads off to the Stadium of Light on the left or a grand looking stone building on the right. Walk towards said architectural behemoth and you’ll fall through the doors of the Wheatsheaf.
This is the ronseal of pubs in that it does exactly what it says on the tin. Its proximity to the stadium means it’s your stereotypical pre match pub and much like The Strawberry next to St James’ Park, the walls are adorned with Sunderland AFC memorabilia. As you walk in there’s a lounge/ bar on the right and a larger area with a pool table, bandit machine and jukebox on the left.
Beer wise it was slim pickens with your standards of Carling, Fosters or Jon Smiths in plentiful supply, and I was ‘lucky’ enough to get the last glass out of a lowly bottle of white wine in the fridge – benefit of which was having a medium glass for the price of a small though so it wasn’t too bad!
It was pretty quiet when we went in at around 3pm on a Saturday afternoon which just a few locals hovering about . I can imagine on a match day however it’s a different story. They seem to have some good match day offers on and mid-week entertainment like open mic nights and karaoke to draw in a wider crowd.
Contact:
Address: 207 Roker Ave, Sunderland SR6 0BN
Phone: 0191 510 9826
Find out where else we’ve been on our metro pub adventure here
