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Also known as Peterlee, County Durham

Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England, south of Sunderland, north of Hartlepool, west of the Durham Coast and east of Durham. It gained town status in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946, which also created the nearby settlements of Newton Aycliffe and Washington, Tyne and Wear.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Peterlee
UK place.static_image_caption
Town Centre, Memorial Methodist Church, Apollo Pavilion, Lee House and Essington Way
UK place.population
20,300
UK place.population_ref
(2021)
UK place.civil_parish
Peterlee
UK place.unitary_england
County Durham
UK place.lieutenancy_england
County Durham
UK place.region
North East England
UK place.country
England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Easington
UK place.post_town
PETERLEE
UK place.postcode_district
SR8
UK place.postcode_area
SR
UK place.dial_code
0191
UK place.os_grid_reference
NZ430409
UK place.parts_type
Areas of the town
UK place.p1
Easington
UK place.p2
Easington Colliery (Town)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
new town (UK)
Located in
County Durham
Population
20164
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Peterlee towncentre.JPG
Dialing code
0191
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postal code
SR8
twinned administrative body
Nordenham
Commons category
Peterlee
OS grid reference
NZ430409
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