Burnhope

Also known as Burnhope, County Durham

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.

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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
UK place.postcode_area: DH
UK place.dial_code: 01207
UK place.os_grid_reference: NZ187482

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1564
Image: Coal Chauldrons and pit wheel sculpture at Burnhope.jpg
Dialing code: 01207

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Commons category: Burnhope
OS grid reference: NZ187482
P8168: Macaca sylvanus

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The village
Langley Hall
References
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==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.