It lies west of the town of Chester-le-Street, and falls partly within the civil parish of Pelton.

[1] Its services include the following: a mobile post office, primary school with a good Ofsted rating with some outstanding features, pub, beauty salon, a dental surgery, bakery/cafe and a lunch time take away cafe.

It also has won silver two years in a row in the RHS In bloom awards.

This is a semi-rural area with great access to Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Sunderland and the market town of Chester-le-Street.

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