Burnhope
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Burnhope is a village and civil parish in the district of Derwentside in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley.
Burnhope is a village of contrasts, being home to many of the area's poorest and richest people (among them, children's author Terry Deary). In 2003 two wind turbines were erected in a field next to the village, creating a new landmark to accompany the transmission mast.
Burnhope was also the name of a village in upper Weardale, which is further west in County Durham. The village was inundated in the 1930s by the filling of Burnhope Reservoir.
