Take a trip down memory lane as we revisit Sunderland's iconic nightclub scene

Published on 1, April, 2025

Memories of nights out and dancing into the early hours have come flooding back after the University of Sunderland announced plans to demolish the currently empty North Shore building on its St Peter's Campus.

Although the building has not been used by staff or students for nine years, it was once the home of Manor Quay club, later becoming Campus, and then North Shore.

Here, we take a trip down memory lane and look back at the nightclub days of the 90s and early noughties.

Read more about the city's iconic nightclub scene here or test your knowledge on some of the old haunts Sunderland students used to go to that have since vanished here. 

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