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COXHOE VILLAGE HALL
Coxhoe Parish is located in the centre of County
Durham and has a well established
road network in all directions. The rural aspect of the parish ensures that
there are good views of County
Durham
particularly from Quarrington Hill. which is
higher than Coxhoe. Both villages have good walks. Quarrington Hill. has
approximately 330 households and Coxhoe about 1500
Both villages are traditionally proud of their warm and friendly community
spirit.
The Parish lies in the City of
Durham Parliamentary Division and is served by
Durham County Council and Durham City Council
Coxhoe village is about 1 mile from the Bowburn intersection
of the A1M and about 4 miles to the south of Durham
City. It has a primary school,
medical centre, dentists, leisure park and village
hall. It has a good variety of shops and local businesses cater well for the
diverse consumer demands. In the 1970's when the City of Durham
council last did a village plan for Coxhoe it was deemed to be a village in
decline. In recent years however, there has been considerable housing development and the explosion in population
has presented service providers with the new challenges.
QUARRINGTON HILL COMMUNITY CENTRE
Quarrington Hill lies 1.5 miles to the east of
Coxhoe on a well used link road to Peterlee and Hartlepool
with Bishop Auckland and the west of the county. It shares a primary school
with neighbouring Cassop,
has no doctors surgery or dentists but has a community centre which is
presently thriving. Play and leisure facilities are deemed inadequate and the
village is served by 1 shop with a post office open on mornings only. Quarrington Hill has remained constant in size but could
be poised for additional housing as the demand to live near to
Durham
City grows and developments move
away from the city centre.
Coxhoe Parish Council is made up of residents of Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill, they carry out
all work on a voluntary basis.
The council employ a clerk working 10 hours per week dealing with
correspondence and communications as well as the budget for the council. The
council also employs people on a sub-contract basis for specific tasks i.e. grass
cutting, supply and maintenance of the hanging baskets maintenance of the
village clocks.
