Pelton Fell
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| Pelton Fell | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | NZ252515 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Chester-le-Street |
| Shire county: | County Durham |
| Region: | North East England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | County Durham |
| Historic county: | County Durham |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Durham Constabulary |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | North East |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | CHESTER-LE-STREET |
| Postal district: | DH2 |
| Dialling code: | 0191 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | North Durham |
| European Parliament: | North East England |
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Pelton Fell is a village in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north-west of Chester-le-Street centre. It was the site of a 19th and 20th century coal mine, although very few traces of the mine remain today.
The village is primarily residential, although it does have a small village shop, two doctor's surgeries, a Working men's club, and a small industrial estate.
A substantial proportion of the village is made up of pre- and post- second world war council houses, many of which (particularly in the north of the village) have been bought under the right to buy scheme.
A council sponsored redevelopment of the village began in 2004, with significant number of council houses, and a small number of private houses, demolished to make way for more modern accommodation, which is to be a mix of social and private housing.
