Lanchester, County Durham

Lanchester
Village
All Saints’ Church, Lanchester
Lanchester is located in County Durham
Lanchester
Lanchester
Location within County Durham
Population4,054 (2011)
OS grid referenceNZ165475
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDURHAM
Postcode districtDH7
Dialling code01207
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
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County Durham
54°49′19″N 1°44′38″W / 54.822°N 1.744°W / 54.822; -1.744

Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, 8 miles (13 km) west of Durham and 5 miles (8 km) from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054.[1]

Although there was a small drift mine on the edge of the village which closed in the 1970s, Lanchester's economy was mainly based on agriculture. It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 July 2015.