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Wheatley Hill Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium in Wheatley Hill, County Durham. It is situated to the west of Peterlee, near Thornley and Wingate. It is currently closed following a serious fire but usually races on Friday evenings at 7.15pm, Facilities included a club, bar, and tote which were destroyed in the fire.
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Wheatley Hill
Wheatley Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Peterlee, near Thornley and Wingate. Until 2009, it was part of Easington District.
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Thornley, Durham
See also Thornley in Weardale.
Thornley is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, about 5 miles (9 km) to the east of Durham and 5 miles (7 km) west of Peterlee. The community grew around a coal mine established in 1835, which remained open until 1970.
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Shotton Colliery
Shotton Colliery is a village in County Durham, England.
The civil parish of Shotton includes Shotton Colliery village and an area to the west, south and east, but is bordered by the A19 road to the east and does not include the village of Old Shotton which is to the east of that road and forms part of the town of Peterlee. It has a parish council.
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Wingate Quarry
Wingate Quarry is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of east County Durham, England.
Part of the site is also a Local Nature Reserve
It is a disused quarry located just south of the village of Wheatley Hill.
The quarry was worked for Magnesian Limestone until the 1930s, when it closed. Since then a large and varied grassland has developed on the site. Magnesian limestone grassland is nationally scarce, with this site accounting for close to 8 per cent of the national total. As well as species that are characteristic of this vegetation type, there are also two orchids, fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, and frog orchid, Coeloglossum viride, both of which are uncommon in County Durham.