Hazlerigg

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Hazlerigg
Hazlerigg shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference	NZ232719
Metropolitan borough	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
	North Tyneside
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district	NE13
Dialling code	0191
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
European Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Newcastle North
	North Tyneside
List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear

Coordinates: 55°02′34″N 1°37′52″W / 55.0429, -1.631

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Hazlerigg (often mis-spelled Hazelrigg^[1]) is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Newcastle in Tyne and Wear, England. It is about nine miles north of the city centre, on the A1. It is split half and half between the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside, each side of the A1 being a different district. The parish council administer the Newcastle side, whereas the area located in North Tyneside does not have a parish council. Much of the Newcastle Great Park development is within the area administered by the Hazlerigg Parish Council.

1 History
2 Education
3 Gallery
4 References

[edit] History

Hazlerigg was once the site of a coal mine Hazlerigg colliery which was in use from 1892 to 1964. The village prospered due to the export business thriving within it. Local houses for miners were built and they founded the village seen today by visitors and inhabitants.

[edit] Education

The nearest school is Hazlewood Community Primary School, of which most of the village children attend until Year 6. There once was a school located in the heart of Hazlerigg, but it was demolished in 1993.^{[citation needed]}