South Moor

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South Moor
Park Road
South Moor Location within County Durham
OS grid reference	NZ189519
Civil parish	Stanley
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STANLEY
Postcode district	DH9
Dialling code	01207
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	North Durham
List of places UK England County Durham 54°51′44″N 1°42′21″W / 54.8623°N 1.7059°W / 54.8623; -1.7059

South Moor is a village in the civil parish of Stanley, in County Durham, England. It is located to the south-west of Stanley^[1] on the northern slope of the Craghead valley. It is a well-developed village, yet still semi-rural, containing a main street (Park Road) of around twelve shops which survive despite their proximity to the front street of Stanley and its Asda supermarket.

There was a branch of Stanley Co-op at the bottom of Park Rd and a glove factory above it. On the opposite side in a walled garden stood the Colliery Offices for the district. A local meeting place for teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s was Boves café which had a jukebox and sold coffee and snacks. The proprietor also had an ice cream factory around the back of the shop and vans travel about to this day selling to the public. The café is now home to an award-winning Indian restaurant The Monju Tandoori, which has been established since 1987. There is a local church, St. Georges at the bottom of South Moor and "The Woodland Tavern" once was the Miners Hall.