Ouston
Ouston is a village in County Durham, about 8 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. The main village of Ouston is adjoined by the 1970s built housing estate known as Urpeth Grange but both are referred to colloquially as Ouston by locals.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pelaw Grange and Church of St John the Evangelist.
Pelaw Grange
Sports venue
Pelaw Grange Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing track located at North Lodge in the English county of Durham, between Chester-le-Street and Gateshead.
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
School
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the town of Birtley in the Gateshead area of Tyne and Wear, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beamish and Chester-le-Street.
Beamish
Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
Beamish is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.
Chester-le-Street
Photo: JohnBlackburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, with a population of 23,500 in 2021. It's a commuter town for Newcastle 8 miles north; the main reason to visit is Durham CCC cricket ground, which stages county and international matches.
Washington
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Washington is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It was a small mining village but from 1964 became the core of a planned New Town, with a population of over 67,000 in 2011.
Ouston
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.8876° or 54° 53′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.5926° or 1° 35′ 33″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C6WVCQ4+2XGeoNames ID
7294689
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