Peterlee

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Peterlee is a post-war new town in North East England, established to serve nearby coal mining communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf new town ⓘ
town ⓘ
category New towns started after 1945 ⓘ
Planned communities in England ⓘ
Towns in County Durham ⓘ
ceremonialCounty County Durham ⓘ
country England ⓘ
distanceToDurham approximately 13 miles east of Durham ⓘ
distanceToNewcastleUponTyne approximately 20 miles south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
distanceToSunderland approximately 11 miles south of Sunderland ⓘ
economicHistory developed to rehouse and support coal mining communities ⓘ
foundedAs post-war new town ⓘ
governingBody Durham County Council ⓘ
hasAmenity Castle Dene Shopping Centre ⓘ
Peterlee bus station ⓘ
hasDialCode 0191 ⓘ
hasIndustrialEstate North West Industrial Estate ⓘ
South West Industrial Estate ⓘ
hasOSGridReference NZ435405 ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea SR ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict SR8 ⓘ
hasRoadConnection A1086 ⓘ
A19 ⓘ
historicalContext post-World War II development ⓘ
lieutenancyArea County Durham ⓘ
locatedIn County Durham ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear Easington ⓘ
Horden ⓘ
Shotton Colliery ⓘ
namedAfter Peter Lee ⓘ
partOf County Durham ⓘ
Peter Lee was a miners’ leader ⓘ
planningType planned town ⓘ
purpose to serve nearby coal mining communities ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
urbanForm post-war modernist layout ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Durham → contains → Peterlee ⓘ
Seaham → near → Peterlee ⓘ
Gina McKee → placeOfBirth → Peterlee, County Durham, England ⓘ
linked to: Peterlee
SR postcode area → hasPostTown → Peterlee ⓘ
subject linked to: SR
Easington → containsTown → Peterlee ⓘ
Horden → near → Peterlee ⓘ
Horden → hasPostTown → Peterlee ⓘ
Shotton Colliery → locatedNear → Peterlee ⓘ
Peterlee bus station → serves → Peterlee ⓘ
North West Industrial Estate → near → Peterlee town centre ⓘ
linked to: Peterlee