Ouston, County Durham

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Ouston is a village near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, approximately 5 miles to the south-west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. The main village of Ouston (formerly called Ulkerton in earlier medieval times) is adjoined by the 1970s built housing estate known as UrpethGrange but both are referred to colloquially as Ouston by locals. There are three schools in Ouston: St. Benet's Catholic Infant & Junior School, Ouston Infant and Ouston Junior school. There are two pubs: the Red Lion in Ouston and The Brooms in Urpeth Grange. A Working men's club (The Ranch) is also situated in the neighbouring village of Perkinsville. Shops are limited to a Post Office and a couple of general stores.

The village itself was mostly constructed in 1961 with the showhomes being in Ardrossan opposite the Junior School which opened in 1964. Over time the village expanded to its current size with further expansion continuing from Penhill, Urpeth, in the early 1970s onwards. In recent years the housing development has rebegun in earnest in Turnberry and Woodlands, the former being a disused farmer's field with some World War II bunkers in it and the latter being an area next to the council estate (The Brooms) in an area near Walter's Wood.