Croxdale
Built-up area in County Durham, England
| Coordinates: | 54.729, -1.587 |
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| OS grid ref: | NZ 26 37 |
| Population: | 505 |
Croxdale is a small village in County Durham, England, lying a few miles south of Durham and set by the rolling farmland that slopes down towards the River Wear. Its position close to the city and local transport links means it often feels like a quiet commuter settlement, but it still sits in an unmistakably rural North‑East landscape.
The village is probably best known for Croxdale Hall, a historic country house set in parkland, and for its 19th‑century industrial heritage - the arrival of coal mining and associated railway infrastructure shaped the community for generations. Today the area combines surviving historic buildings and estate landscapes with modern housing, and retains a strong local village identity rooted in that mixture of country house, parish life and former mining community.
Postcode districts covering Croxdale
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Sunderland 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Middlesbrough 18.8 miles30.3 km
- Darlington 13.7 miles22 km
- Hartlepool 15.5 miles24.9 km
- South Shields 18.7 miles30 km
- Stockton-on-Tees 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Gateshead 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Washington 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Durham 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Wallsend 19 miles30.6 km
- Newburn 18.5 miles29.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Croxdale and Hett Parish 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Tudhoe Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Spennymoor Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Tursdale Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Brandon Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Durham South Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Bowburn Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- High Shincliffe Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Neville's Cross Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- City of Durham Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Shincliffe Parish 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Coxhoe Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
Example postcodes in Croxdale
DH6 5HQ, DH6 5JB, DH6 5HP, DH6 5HG, DH6 5HN, DH6 5BX, DH6 5HJ, DH6 5JE, DH6 5HE … See all
Transport links
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Newcastle International Airport 21.7 miles35 km
- Durham Railway Station 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Bishop Auckland Railway Station 6.1 miles9.9 km
Hotels near Croxdale Ad
- Thomas Wright House 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Super 8 by Wyndham Durham 3 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Farnley Tower Guesthouse 4 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Hotel Indigo Durham 4 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Radisson Blu Hotel Durham 4 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Bowburn Hall Hotel 3 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Delta Hotels Durham Royal County 4 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Honest Lawyer Hotel 3 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Durham Castle, University of Durham 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Park Head Hotel 3 4.9 miles7.9 km
Local points of interest
- University of Durham University 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Windlestone Country house 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Sedgefield racecourse Recreation 7.5 miles12 km
- Dunkeld Close Estate 9.7 miles15.7 km
- Beamish Museum Museum 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Castle Eden Dene Nature reserve 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Outer Harbour Harbour 12.7 miles20.4 km
- Raby Castle Archaeological site 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Ravensworth Estate 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Stadium of Light Stadium 15.1 miles24.2 km
- Victoria Park Stadium 15.2 miles24.4 km
- The Darlington Arena Stadium 15.4 miles24.7 km