Pelton, County Durham (gbr)

Pelton, County Durham

Pelton, County Durham ranks 16,650th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fengtai, Beijing, Hadeland, and Worth, West Sussex. Memorable people born in Pelton, County Durham include Alan White. Pelton, County Durham has been the birth place of many musicians. Pelton, County Durham is located in United Kingdom.

Pelton is a village and electoral ward in County Durham, in England. The population of the village and ward taken at the 2011 census was 8,250. It is located about two miles to the northwest of Chester-le-Street. The village of West Pelton is located to the west; separated from it by a few villages between and closer to Stanley than to central Chester-le-Street. Pelton has a newly built community centre updated in 2012, one public house and a small range of convenience stores, including a Co-op, three general stores, a Post Office, chemist, doctors surgery, dentist, library, two parks and some take-away food outlets, and some hair salons. Local schools in the area include a primary school. Pelton is served by public transport, with links to Stanley, Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Chester-le-Street and Consett with buses running up to every 30 minutes or so to 5 bus stops throughout the village. In local government they are governed by the Pelton Parish Council. Read more on Wikipedia