Tursdale
Coordinates: 54°43′0″N 1°31′48″W / 54.71667°N 1.53000°W
Tursdale is a hamlet in County Durham, England. It is situated in rural landscape about two miles to the west of Coxhoe, two miles North of Cornforth and around five miles south of Durham. It is part of the civil parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington.It is ideally located for speedy access to both Durham city, the A1M, and Teesside via Sedgefield. Despite its close proximity to many local amenities and towns, residents enjoy the peaceful lifestyle of living in a semi-rural location, with lovely views across the fields.
Tursdale currently consists of a single street of housing, Ramsay Street, a school house and a small 4 home conversion of the former school which closed in the 1960s. A second street, School Street and a row of bungalows was demolished in the late 60's / early 70's Ramsay Street was built to provide housing for the Colliery Managers who worked at the former Tursdale Colliery across the road. The colliery closed during Margaret Thatcher's government and the site was converted to general business use. Behind this small business park lie the railway lines. Tursdale has been proposed as a suitable site for a road-rail freight interchange due to its proximity to both the East Coast Main Line, the mothballed Leamside Line and the A1(M) motorway.
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- Durham Mining Museum entry on Tursdale Colliery.
- GenUKi entry on Middleham Parish (which included Tursdale).