Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street is a town in , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 36,900 residents
  • Description: town in County Durham
  • Also known as: “Chester”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Riverside Ground and Chester-le-Street railway station.

Stadium
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The , known for sponsorship reasons as the Banks Homes Riverside, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, , England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club, and has also hosted several international matches.

Railway station
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Chester-le-Street is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and . The station is situated 8 miles 24 chains south of Newcastle, serving the market town of Chester-le-Street in , England.

Archaeological site
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was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain. Its ruins are located in Chester-le-Street, County , in , and are now known as Chester-le-Street Roman Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Lumley and Waldridge.

Village
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is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated south east of Chester-le-Street, near . It has a population of 3,630 as of the 2021 census.

Hamlet
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is a village in , in . The population at the 2001 Census was 215. Prior to the 2011 Census the parish boundaries changed and the population shown at this census was 4,215.

Village
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is a village and electoral ward in , England. The population of the village and ward taken at the 2011 census was 8,250. It is located 1.8 miles north-west of Chester-le-Street and 4 miles east of ; the village of West lies to the west of the village.

Chester-le-Street

Latitude
54.8543° or 54° 51′ 16″ north
Longitude
-1.575° or 1° 34′ 30″ west
Population
36,900
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CTE
Open location code
9C6WVC3F+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27159449
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653224
Wiki­data ID
Q2570025
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chester-le-Street” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشترلي ستريت”
  • Asturian: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Basque: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Bavarian: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Belarusian: “Чэстэр-лі-Стрыт”
  • Belarusian: “Чэстэр”
  • Breton: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Cebuano: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Chinese: “切斯特勒斯特里特”
  • Chinese: “切斯特勒街”
  • Cornish: “Kargnogh”
  • Czech: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Dutch: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشترلى ستريت”
  • Esperanto: “Chester-le-Street”
  • French: “Chester-le-Street”
  • German: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Greek: “Τσέστερ-λε-Στριτ”
  • Hebrew: “צ’סטר-לה-סטריט”
  • Hindi: “चेस्टर ली स्ट्रीट”
  • Irish: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Italian: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Japanese: “チェスター・ル・ストリート”
  • Japanese: “チェスター”
  • Japanese: “チェスター＝ラ＝ストリート”
  • Japanese: “チェスター＝リ＝ストリート”
  • Lithuanian: “Čester le Stritas”
  • Marathi: “चेस्टर-ली-स्ट्रीट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Norwegian: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Panjabi: “ਚੈਸਟਰ ਲੀ ਸਟ੍ਰੀਟ”
  • Persian: “چستر لی استریت”
  • Polish: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Portuguese: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Romanian: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Russian: “Честер-ле-Стрит”
  • Slovak: “Chester-le-Street”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چستر لی استریت”
  • Spanish: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Swedish: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Ukrainian: “Честер-лі-Стрит”
  • Urdu: “چیسٹر لی اسٹریٹ”
  • Urdu: “چیسٹرلی اسٹریٹ”
  • Volapük: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Welsh: “Chester-le-Street”
  • Western Panjabi: “چیسٹرلی اسٹریٹ”
  • “Chester-le-Street”

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