Crook
Crook is a market town in the Durham County Council unitary authority and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located on the edge of Weardale and sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to Weardale".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 9,500 residents
- Description: town in County Durham, England
- Also known as: “Crook, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harperley POW Camp 93 and Fir Tree War Memorial Drinking Fountain.
Harperley POW Camp 93
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Harperley POW Camp 93 is a surviving purpose-built World War II Prisoner of War camp built to accommodate up to 1,400 inmates at Fir Tree near Crook, County Durham in the northeast of England. Harperley POW Camp 93 is situated 2 miles west of Crook.
Parkside Academy
School
Parkside Academy, is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Hall Lane Estate, Willington, Crook, County Durham, England. Parkside teaches a wide range of standard, and specialist curriculum subjects as well as a multitude of after school activities. Parkside Academy is situated 2½ miles east of Crook.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roddymoor and Howden-le-Wear.
Roddymoor
Village
Roddymoor is a village in County Durham, in England. In the 2001 census Roddymoor had a population of 500.
Howden-le-Wear
Village
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Howden-le-Wear is a village in County Durham, in England. Howden-le-Wear is approximately 1 mile south of the large market town of Crook. It has a number of shops including the village One Stop convenience store, hairdressers, butchers and the petrol station.
Billy Row
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Billy Row is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Crook. According to the 2001 census Billy Row has a population of 824.
Crook
- Categories: unparished area and locality
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.71279° or 54° 42′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.75171° or 1° 45′ 6″ westPopulation
9,500Elevation
499 feet (152 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ZAUOpen location code
9C6WP67X+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 335752759OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Crook” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Crook”
- Basque: “Crook (Durham konderria)”
- Basque: “Crook”
- Bavarian: “Crook”
- Cebuano: “Crook”
- Dutch: “Crook”
- French: “Crook”
- German: “Crook”
- Hebrew: “קרוק”
- Italian: “Crook”
- Japanese: “クロック”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Crook i County Durham”
- Persian: “کروک، کاونتی دورهام”
- Polish: “Crook”
- Portuguese: “Crook”
- Swedish: “Crook, Durham”
- Swedish: “Crook”
- Welsh: “Crook, Swydd Durham”
- Welsh: “Crook”
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