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West Auckland (/ ˈ ɔː k. l ə n d / AWK-lənd) is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, to the west of Bishop Auckland on the A688 road.It is reputed to have one of the largest village greens in the country, lined with 17th- and 18th-century buildings.
Etherley, formerly West Auckland is a civil parish in County Durham, England. It includes Bildershaw , High Etherley , Low Etherley , Phoenix Row and Toft Hill . It had a population of 2,060 at the 2011 Census. [ 1 ]
West Auckland Airport, near Parakai in the northwestern Auckland Region of New Zealand; West Auckland (New Zealand electorate), a former parliamentary electorate in New Zealand; West Auckland railway station, in County Durham, England; Etherley, a parish in County Durham, England formerly called "West Auckland"
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the unitary authority of County Durham with the Tyne and Wear boroughs of Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland as a sub-region of the North East Region, with the creation of a cross-county ...
High Etherley is a village in County Durham, England. [1] It is situated on a hill approximately 4 miles west of Bishop Auckland.Entering High Etherley on the A68 from West Auckland the village continues on the B6282 towards Bishop Auckland.
The road passes through the village of Staindrop, past Raby Castle through West Auckland, Bishop Auckland and on to Spennymoor. It then continues through the Thinford intersection with the A167 to Junction 61 of the A1(M) at Bowburn. The latest extension, which was from the A1(M) Junction 61 to the A181, was opened on 30 October 2008. [1]
The Gaunless is a tributary river of the Wear in County Durham, England. Its name is Old Norse , meaning "useless". [ 1 ] The Gaunless Viaduct , built in 1825, was the tallest viaduct on the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway .
The tallest hill stands at 300 metres above the town, about 980 ft. The highest point in the town is on West Road where the height is 210 metres (about 690 ft). Approximately 2 miles to the west of Crook on the A689, back towards Wolsingham and Weardale is the surviving World War II Harperley POW Camp 93.