Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange
Built-up area in County Durham, England
| Coordinates: | 54.646, -1.648 |
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| OS grid ref: | NZ 22 27 |
Eldon Lane is a small village in County Durham, a few miles from Bishop Auckland and within easy reach of Durham. It sits on the fringe of the Durham coalfield and, like many settlements in the area, reflects a mining past with rows of former miners’ cottages and traces of industrial infrastructure; today it feels rural and residential, with quiet lanes, nearby walking country and a community that leans on local groups and amenities rather than big commercial centres.
Coundon Grange is another compact former colliery village close to Coundon and the Bishop Auckland area, shaped by 19th- and 20th-century coalworking and the social networks that grew up around the pits. Since the decline of mining it has changed economically but retains a strong local identity, visible in community organisations, village facilities and the surrounding farmland and hedgerows that link it to the wider Durham countryside.
Postcode districts covering Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne 24.3 miles39.1 km
- Sunderland 19.7 miles31.7 km
- Middlesbrough 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Darlington 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Hartlepool 17.4 miles28 km
- South Shields 24.9 miles40 km
- Stockton-on-Tees 14 miles22.6 km
- Gateshead 20.5 miles33.1 km
- Washington 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Durham 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Newburn 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Houghton-le-Spring 15.3 miles24.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Dene Valley Parish 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Shildon and Dene Valley Ward 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Eldon Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Shildon Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Bishop Auckland Built-up area 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Coundon and Leeholme Built-up area 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Woodhouse Close Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Bishop Auckland Town Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Coundon Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Middridge Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Aycliffe North and Middridge Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Windlestone Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
Example postcodes in Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange
DL14 8SR, DL14 8SU, DL14 8UJ, DL14 8TJ, DL14 8SY, DL14 8TE, DL14 8XF, DL14 8RU, DL14 8ST … See all
Transport links
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Newcastle International Airport 27.1 miles43.6 km
- Bishop Auckland Railway Station 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Shildon Railway Station 1.5 miles2.4 km
Hotels near Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange Ad
- Thomas Wright House 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Park Head Hotel 3 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Manor House Hotel 4 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Redworth Hall Hotel- Part of the Cairn Collection 4 3.1 miles4.9 km
- The Fir Tree Country Hotel 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Holiday Inn Darlington - North A1m 3 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Super 8 by Wyndham Durham 3 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Best Western Walworth Castle Hotel 3 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Hardwick Hall Hotel 4 7.4 miles11.8 km
- Houndgate Townhouse 9.3 miles14.9 km
Schools in Eldon Lane and Coundon Grange
- Prince Bishops Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Windlestone Country house 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Sedgefield racecourse Recreation 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Raby Castle Archaeological site 7.3 miles11.7 km
- University of Durham University 8.7 miles14 km
- Streatlam Castle Estate 10.3 miles16.6 km
- The Darlington Arena Stadium 10.6 miles17 km
- Stanwick Hall Estate 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Eggleston Abbey Archaeological site 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Castle Eden Dene Nature reserve 15.1 miles24.2 km
- Beamish Museum Museum 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Dunkeld Close Estate 15.9 miles25.7 km
- Victoria Park Stadium 17.7 miles28.4 km