Peterlee

E205135

new town town

Peterlee is a post-war new town in North East England, established to serve nearby coal mining communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Peterlee canonical	4
Peterlee, County Durham, England	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	new town ⓘ town ⓘ
category	New towns started after 1945 ⓘ Planned communities in England ⓘ Towns in County Durham ⓘ
ceremonialCounty	County Durham ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
distanceToDurham	approximately 13 miles east of Durham ⓘ
distanceToNewcastleUponTyne	approximately 20 miles south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
distanceToSunderland	approximately 11 miles south of Sunderland ⓘ
economicHistory	developed to rehouse and support coal mining communities ⓘ
foundedAs	post-war new town ⓘ
governingBody	Durham County Council ⓘ
hasAmenity	Castle Dene Shopping Centre ⓘ Peterlee bus station ⓘ
hasDialCode	0191 ⓘ
hasIndustrialEstate	North West Industrial Estate ⓘ South West Industrial Estate ⓘ
hasOSGridReference	NZ435405 ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	SR ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict	SR8 ⓘ
hasRoadConnection	A1086 ⓘ A19 ⓘ
historicalContext	post-World War II development ⓘ
lieutenancyArea	County Durham ⓘ
locatedIn	County Durham ⓘ England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear	Easington ⓘ Horden ⓘ Shotton Colliery ⓘ
namedAfter	Peter Lee ⓘ
partOf	County Durham ⓘ
Peter Lee	was a miners’ leader ⓘ
planningType	planned town ⓘ
purpose	to serve nearby coal mining communities ⓘ
region	North East England ⓘ
urbanForm	post-war modernist layout ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Durham → contains → Peterlee ⓘ

British New Towns movement → notableExample → Peterlee ⓘ

Hartlepool → hasNeighbouringTown → Peterlee ⓘ

Seaham → near → Peterlee ⓘ

Gina McKee → placeOfBirth → Peterlee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peterlee, County Durham, England