Local servicesHospitalPch - Peterlee Community Hospital5.4 miGP surgeryThe Surgery - Dunelm Road3 surgeries within 2 miles1.0 miPharmacyM Whitfield LTD3 pharmacies within 2 miles1.3 miDentistDental Surgery1.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools6 primaryPrimaryCassop Primary Schoolages 3-11, 114 pupilsunder a milePrimaryKelloe Primary Schoolages 3-11, 124 pupils1.3 miSecondaryWellfield Schoolages 11-16, 862 pupils3.7 miCollegeEast Durham College5.0 miUniversityUniversity of Durham4.6 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportTeesside International Airport MME16 miMajor airportNewcastle International Airport NCL22 miRailway stationDurham5.3 miBus stationCemetery Road AllotmentsWheatley Hill2.0 miFerryTransporter Bridge North SidePort Clarence14 miBus stops16 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 19 min4:28 am – 9:47 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 14 min8:27 am – 3:40 pm
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People7,962 residentsin the Coxhoe & Quarrington Hill census areaMedian age 43.23,661 households65% of homes owner-occupied33% owned outright21% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.1% unemployment rate61% of adults are economically active, 3,864 in work, 24% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 14%, education 13%Getting to work: 25% work from home, 67% go by car, 3% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle46% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages29% of adults hold a degree or higher20% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 20°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C757 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November58 days of air frost, 4 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksStrawberry Hillhill · under a mileBeacon Hillhill · under a mileCassop Valevalley · under a mileShadforth Denevalley · 1.1 miStob Hillmountain · 4.8 miDucket Woodwoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesQuartington Hill Allotmentsallotments · under a mileThe Greenpark · 3.1 miThornley Crossings Picnic Areapark · 3.4 miWoodhouse Parkpark · 4.7 mi · 5 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes36 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 9 Aug 197043 mi away, Kirkby StephenMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 13 Sep 202647 mi away, Sedbergh, CumbriaSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 5.0 · PM2.5 5.4 · PM10 9.7 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband78% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,025 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation154 m505 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 117 to 192 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
