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Local Information for Stanley

Stanley is a former mining town in County Durham, centred on a hill top between Chester-le-Street and Consett. It is the second largest town of Derwentside after Consett and lies south west of Gateshead.

The town has no definite end and stretches right into what were formerly neighbouring villages and towns, this caused a lot of confusion in the past over which part of the council was responsible for certain areas especially around the Durham-Gateshead border. In recent times 'old Stanley' has all but died with many local shops and pubs closing and Stanley is fast becoming a suburb of Newcastle and Durham.

Stanley used to be divided into three — the main town of Stanley and the mining villages of East Stanley and South Stanley. However, with the expansion of all three they have blended into one town and East and South Stanley are no longer officially used town names (although they are recoginsed colloquially). The village of South Moor was historically referred to as...More