Hesleden
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Hesleden (Template:IPA-cen Template:Respell<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) is a village in County Durham, England, south of Peterlee. The name is a combination of Dene and Hesle, which is from "hazel". The combined population of the five communities making up the parish of Monk Hesleden was 5,722 at the 2011 Census.<ref name=nomis2011>Template:NOMIS2011 </ref>
GovernanceEdit
Monk Hesleden Parish Council, set up in December 1894, has twelve serving councillors, who act as the first tier of local government for the communities of Blackhall Colliery, Crimdon, Hesleden, High Hesleden and Monk Hesleden.<ref>Council site.</ref> The regional tier is provided by the Durham County Council, with 126 councillors elected from 63 wards.<ref>Regional site.</ref> It is covered by the parliamentary constituency of Darlington.
Education and worshipEdit
The community has a primary school,<ref>School site, Retrieved 8 January 2021</ref><ref>Ofsted report, Retrieved 8 January 2021</ref> which had 125 pupils on the school roll in the 2018/2019 school year.<ref>Comparisons. Retrieved 13 January 2021.</ref> It was classed as "good" at an Ofsted inspection on 5 March 2020.<ref>Official report. Retrieved 8 January 2021.</ref> It offers a pre-school Breakfast Club and an After-School Club to needful pupils.<ref>Details. Retrieved 13 January 2021.</ref>
Hesleden Methodist Church, officially closed June 2021,Built in 1876, it was renovated in 1968. There is an Anglican church at nearby Blackhall – St Andrew's, with twice-weekly services.<ref>Details. Retrieved 14 January 2021.</ref>
AmenitiesEdit
Heselden has a post office and general store in Front Street<ref>Northern Echo, 22 August 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2021.</ref>
Sports and recreationEdit
Blackhall Welfare Park, managed and maintained by Monk Hesleden Parish Council, provides recreation and leisure facilities for the community. It is used by village cricket, association football and bowls teams. The park opened in 1929 and was managed and funded by the Miners Welfare Scheme until the closure of the local Blackhall Colliery in 1981. The parish council took over in 1989. Funds from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust were involved in completing new changing rooms, which opened in October 2010.<ref>Parish Council site. Retrieved 13 January 2021.</ref>
TransportEdit
The village is served by the Monday–Saturday No. 206 bus route between Peterlee and Wingate.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The nearest rail service is from Horden railway station.<ref>Distantias. Retrieved 8 January 2021.</ref> It offers an hourly service between Nunthorpe and Hexham. Hexham has frequent services to Newcastle and Carlisle. Nunthorpe has regular services to Middlesbrough.
The B1281 secondary road along the north side of the village provides a link with the main north–south A19 and with the coastal A1086 between Hartlepool and Sunderland.
Notable peopleEdit
- Colin Bell (1946–2021), England and Manchester City footballer, was born in Hesleden. He died after a short illness on 5 January 2021.<ref>Obituary.</ref><ref>Obituary.</ref>
- Courtney Hadwin (born 2004), a noted singer-songwriter, lives in Hesleden with her family.<ref>Biographical information</ref>