Crook, County Durham
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Crook (commonly known as Crook Market Town) is a small market town in County Durham, England. It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Durham.
Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham. This turns into the A689 leading up into the scenic upper reaches of Weardale, through Wolsingham and Stanhope. Crook is the administrative centre of the Wear Valley District Council.
Crook has a famous amateur football team, Crook Town F.C.. Crook Town have won the FA Amateur Cup five times, most recently beating Enfield F.C. in 1964, before the cup was abolished in 1974. This record is only bettered by Crook's near neighbours Bishop Auckland F.C..
Crook is a small town with schools and shops and houses for old people, it has pubs and two very useful banks barkleys and lloyds tsb,and you can buy something to eat at greggs and peters and now (spring)theres a family fun fair ,theres a market on tuesdays and theres a car salesroom owned by Bryan Foster. For families Crook is a good place to live.
Crook is a small town near Bishop auckland and doesn't really have that much to do apart from one swimming pool,skateboard park and two co-ops nisa todays and Hays travel. High hope street is on the fomrer railway link between newcastle and bishop auckland
