[2] The village lies scattered along a dry swell of magnesian limestone rising north from the River Skerne (known locally as the "beck") to approx.

The beck is one of the parish boundaries, as the township of Sedgefield begins on the other side of the river.

After much doubt about its future and attempts by the then MP Tony Blair to save it, the plant was eventually closed in 1986 with the loss of 250 jobs.

featuring Tamzin Outhwaite, whose great-grandfather owned an ice cream shop on Chaytor Terrace.

It has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest as the underlying Magesian Limestone provides a habitat for rare species of plant life.