Horden
Village in County Durham, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the municipality in Lower Saxony in Germany, see Hörden am Harz. For other uses, see Horden (disambiguation).
Horden is a village and electoral ward in County Durham, England. It is situated on the North Sea coast, to the east of Peterlee, approximately 12 miles south of Sunderland. Horden was a mining village until the closure of the Horden Colliery in 1987. Main features include the Welfare and Memorial Parks and St Mary's church. It is connected to the villages of Blackhall Colliery and Blackhall Rocks to its south by a spectacular rail viaduct which spans Castle Eden Dene near Denemouth. Horden Dene provides Horden's northern boundary with Easington Colliery.
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Location within County Durham | |
Population | 8,087 (2011 census)[1] |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PETERLEE |
Postcode district | SR8 |
Dialling code | 0191 |
Police | Durham |
Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
Ambulance | North East |
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