Peterlee
Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England, south of Sunderland, north of Hartlepool, west of the Durham Coast and east of Durham. It gained town status in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946, which also created the nearby settlements of Newton Aycliffe and Washington, Tyne and Wear.- Town with about 20,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 330 feet (100 metres)
- …is also known as “Peterlee, County Durham”
- Description: town in County Durham, England
Places of Interest
Discover East Durham College and Peterlee Community Hospital.
East Durham College
East Durham College, formerly known as East Durham &…
Peterlee Community Hospital
Hospital
Peterlee Community Hospital is a health facility in O'Neill Drive, Peterlee, County Durham, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horden and Little Thorpe.
Horden
Horden is a village and electoral ward in County Durham, England.
Little Thorpe
Village
Little Thorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Easington Village, in County Durham, England.
Old Shotton
Quarter
Old Shotton is a village in Peterlee, County Durham, England.
Peterlee
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Latitude
54.76189° or 54° 45′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.33215° or 1° 19′ 56″ west
UN/LOCODE
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Open location code
9C6WQM69+Q4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Peterlee” goes by many names.
PeterleeAsturian
PeterleeBasque
পিটারলিBengali
ПитърлиBulgarian
PeterleeCatalan
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彼得利Chinese
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પીટરલીGujarati
פיטרליHebrew
PeterleeHungarian
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ピーターリーJapanese
ಪೀಟರ್ಲೀKannada
피터리Korean
PeterlisLithuanian
PeterleeMin Nan Chinese
PeterleeNorwegian Nynorsk
پترلیPersian
PeterleePolish
PeterleeRomanian
ПетерлиRussian
ПитерлиRussian
پترلیSouth Azerbaijani
PeterleeSwedish
பெட்டர்லீTamil
పెటేర్లీTelugu
پیتیرلییUrdu
پیٹرلیUrdu
PeterleeVolapük
PeterleeWelsh
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Localities in the Area
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