Pelton, County Durham

Pelton is a village in County Durham, in England. It is located to the northwest of Chester-le-Street. The village of West Pelton is located some distance to the west; separated from it by a few villages and closer to Stanley than to central Chester-le-Street. Pelton has two public houses, one RAOB club and a small range of convenience stores, including a greengrocers, three general stores, a Post Office, chemist, doctors surgery, dentist, some take-away food outlets, and some hair salons. Local schools in the area include a primary school (Pelton Primary school) and a secondary school and Sixth Form College (Roseberry Sports and Community College) in Newfield. Pelton is very well served by public transport, with links to Stanley, Sunderland, Newcastle upon Tyne, Chester-le-Street and Consett.

Notable people

Alan White – drummer with Yes band, born 1949.

Civil parishes in County Durham

including Stockton on Tees (north of the river)

Darlington	Parishes: Archdeacon Newton • Barmpton • Bishopton • Brafferton • Coatham Mundeville • Denton • East and West Newbiggin • Great Burdon • Great Stainton • Heighington • High Coniscliffe • Houghton le Side • Hurworth • Killerby • Little Stainton • Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent • Low Dinsdale • Middleton St George • Morton Palms • Neasham • Piercebridge • Sadberge • Sockburn • Summerhouse • Walworth • Whessoe Unparished areas: The former Darlington County Borough

Durham	Towns: Barnard Castle • Bishop Auckland • Chilton • Ferryhill • Great Aycliffe • Greater Willington • Peterlee • Seaham • Sedgefield • Shildon • Spennymoor • Stanley • Tow Law Parishes: Barforth • Barningham • Bearpark • Belmont • Bishop Middleham • Bolam • Boldron • Bournmoor • Bowes • Bradbury and the Isle • Brancepeth • Brandon and Byshottles • Brignall • Burnhope • Cassop cum Quarrington • Castle Eden • Cleatlam • Cockfield • Cornforth • Cornsay • Cotherstone • Coxhoe • Croxdale and Hett • Dalton le Dale • Dene Valley • Easington Colliery • Easington Village • Edmondbyers • Edmondsley • Eggleston • Egglestone Abbey • Eldon • Esh • Etherley • Evenwood and Barony • Fishburn • Forest and Frith • Framwellgate Moor • Gainford • Gilmonby • Great Lumley • Greencroft • Hamsterley • Hamsterley Common • Haswell • Hawthorn • Headlam • Healeyfield • Hedleyhope • Hilton • Holwick • Hope • Horden • Hunderthwaite • Hunstanworth • Hutton Henry • Hutton Magna • Ingleton • Kelloe • Kimblesworth and Plawsworth • Lanchester • Langleydale and Shotton • Langton • Lartington • Little Lumley • Lunedale • Lynesack and Softley • Marwood • Mickleton • Middleton in Teesdale • Middridge • Monk Hesleden • Mordon • Morton Tinmouth • Muggleswick • Murton • Nesbitt • Newbiggin • North Lodge • Ouston • Ovington • Pelton • Pittington • Raby with Keverstone • Rokeby • Romaldkirk • Sacriston • Satley • Scargill • Seaton with Slingley • Shadforth • Sheraton with Hulam • Sherburn Village • Shincliffe • Shotton • South Bedburn • South Hetton • Staindrop • Stanhope • Startforth • Streatlam and Stainton • Thornley • Trimdon • Trimdon Foundry • Urpeth • Waldridge • Wackerfield • Weather Hill Wood • West Auckland • West Rainton • Westwick • Wheatley Hill • Whorlton • Windlestone • Wingate • Winston • Witton Gilbert • Witton le Wear • Wolsingham • Wolsingham Park Moor • Woodland • Wycliffe with Thorpe Unparished areas: The former Chester le Street Urban District • Consett • Durham Municipal Borough • Parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District • Crook and Willington Urban District • Stanley Urban District

Hartlepool	Towns: Headland Parishes: Brierton • Claxton • Dalton Piercy • Elwick • Greatham • Hart • Newton Bewley Unparished areas: Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough

Stockton on Tees	Towns: Billingham Parishes: Aislaby • Carlton • Egglescliffe • Elton • Grindon • Longnewton • Newsham • Preston on Tees • Redmarshall • Stillington and Whitton • Wolviston Unparished areas: Part of the former Teesside County Borough

For further information about the above parishes, see List of civil parishes in County Durham. For the part of Stockton-on-Tees (borough) south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.