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Burnhope
Sign in to saveBurnhope is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley and has 1,564 inhabitants, as measured in the 2011 census. Burnhope overlooks Lanchester in the Browney Valley, roughly two miles to the west and Maiden Law is roughly two miles north. Holmside is roughly two miles to the south east.
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Place details
- Locality
- Burnhope
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Coal Chauldrons and pit wheel sculpture at Burnhope.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Coal chauldrons and pit wheel sculpture at Burnhope. (Opened by MP Hilary Armstrong and two of the local school children, Mark Gray and Kerry Pinnington)
- UK place.official_name
- Burnhope
- UK place.population
- 1,564
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- County Durham
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- County Durham
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North West Durham
- UK place.post_town
- DURHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- DH7
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Durham
- Population
- +1564
- Image
- Coal Chauldrons and pit wheel sculpture at Burnhope.jpg
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- The village
- Langley Hall
- References
- External links
Burnhope is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley and has 1,564 inhabitants, as measured in the 2011 census. Burnhope overlooks Lanchester in the Browney Valley, roughly two miles to the west and Maiden Law is roughly two miles north. Holmside is roughly two miles to the south east.
==The village== Burnhope is a village of contrasts, being home to many of the area's poorest and richest people (among them, children's author Terry Deary). In 2003 two wind turbines were erected in a field between the village and nearby Craghead, creating a new landmark to accompany the transmission mast. Burnhope is the only place that the Durham Miners' Gala has been held apart from Durham. This was in 1926 the year of the General Strike when it was banned at Durham so it was moved to Burnhope. In 1986 a 60th anniversary was held to mark this event.