Urpeth

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Urpeth (Urpeth Grange) is a village in County Durham , England . It is close to Ouston and Beamish, near the Tyne and Wear border . The community population determined in the 2011 census was 3,630.

Urpeth was initially a coal mining area with several coal seams that were mined in various places in the area of ​​the present-day settlement. The Urpeth Colliery was owned by the Birtley Iron Company and employed 300 men and boys in its prime. The on-site coke ovens produced up to 470 tons of coke a day .

Geographically, Urpeth is west of Ouston and is surrounded by fields and rolling hills. There is a hill there that was made from coal from the Ouston and Urpeth mines. The hill offers children the opportunity to toboggan in winter and is also a popular destination for walkers and dog owners all year round.

There are currently two major shops in Urpeth, a newspaper kiosk and The Cherry Tree Pub .

Urpeth was once the site of a controversial landfill . The site was used together with three other sites in Kibblesworth, Ryton and Cowpen Bewley for the disposal of low- level radioactive waste . In the late 1990s, the site was closed.

Web links

Commons : Urpeth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Landranger map sheet 88 Newcastle upon Tyne (Durham & Sunderland) (Map). Ordnance Survey, 2012, ISBN 978-0-319-22998-9 .
  2. ^ Parish population 2011. Accessed July 19, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Hansard: Written Answers December 1, 1994 - Nuclear Waste. Retrieved April 9, 2016 .

Coordinates: 54 ° 52 ′ 51.1 ″  N , 1 ° 37 ′ 49.5 ″  W.