Leamside

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Leamside
Coordinates: 54.815° N 1.515° W
Population	112[1]
OS grid reference	NZ311467
District	City of Durham
Shire county	County Durham
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
European Parliament	North East England

Leamside is a small village close to the city of Durham, County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of West Rainton. It is part of the civil parish of West Rainton in the City of Durham district.

The village gives its name to the Leamside Line, the old main line running up the east coast, which was largely mothballed in the 1990s. Although there have been aspirations to re-open the line to aid economic regeneration, there are currently proposals to raise the track on the line^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Durham%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/$file/Durham+Settlement+Summary+Sheets+Numbers.pdf