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County Durham Town & Village Information

 

Blackhall, County Durham - OAKLET Property Management & Letting Agent

Blackhall Colliery is a village on the North Sea coast of County Durham, in England. It is situated on the A1086 between Horden and Hartlepool. To the south of the Blackhall Colliery's Catholic church is Blackhall Rocks.

Built around the once extensive mining industry, Blackhall's colliery closed in 1981. There is now an industrial estate built over part of the old colliery buildings, the colliery itself was pulled down in the 1980s. Blackhall Colliery is on the edge of Castle Eden Dene, and Castle Eden Dene Mouth.

Over the past couple of decades, there have been many changes. Following the closure of the colliery, the once busy village has economically gone downhill. As time has passed since the closure, other industries have now begun to emerge to once again create employment in the region.

With both Blackhall Colliery and Blackhall Rocks being on the main road to Peterlee and Hartlepool. This has meant that these villages have become commuter villages, supplying workers for the now busy and expanding call centres in the nearby towns of Hartlepool and Peterlee.

Blackhall Beach

Blackhall beach made a notable appearance in the 1971 film Get Carter starring Michael Caine; in the climactic scenes the main character is involved in a chase across a coal-strewn beach.

The film shows the beach black with coal spoilings, dumped there by mine's conveyor system. Since the mine closed, £10 million has been spent removing the conveyor and its massive concrete tower and cleaning tons of coal waste from the now pristine beach.

Neighboring beaches of Blackhall Colliery is Horden beach (North) and Crimdon beach (South), both are within 30 minutes of walking distance each way from the beach. The continuation of the improving regenerative beach can be seen via the coastline.

Blackhall Colliery Allotments

Blackhall Colliery has a garden association, which is located around 500 yards inland from the beach front. The garden association consists of around 250 gardens covering six alleyways.

The allotments are continually improving security within the area as vandals and binge drinkers tend to hang out around the site before making their way to the beach. Added security like gates and security cameras help reduce vandalism and unwanted trespassing.

There has been an increase in rabbit and foxes within the allotments that residents of the gardens are aware of, crops tend to get destroyed or damaged which leads to hunters in hunting prey to keep the numbers down!

Blackhall Rocks is a village on the North Sea coast of County Durham, in England. It is situated on the A1086 between Horden and Hartlepool, and just south of Blackhall Colliery which it adjoins. It is sometimes literally referred to by locals in the area as "The Rocks".

The village takes its name from the "Tweddle Blackhall Farms" which are located on a lane which runs between Crimdon and High Hesleden located roughly one mile to the south of Blackhall Rocks. Whereas the "Rocks" describe the cliff-tops nearby.

One of the earliest mentions of Blackhall Rocks is in the mid-19th century, when the beach was photographed. This was a time when the beach was part of a minor holiday resort, due to the location of a hotel above the cliffs. It was around this time a railways station was established here, which was closed by the Dr Beeching Axe in the 1960s. The hotel remained up until the 1970s when it was demolished, at a time when it had been used as apartments, as a form of temporary housing, by Easington (district) Council, since the 1940s.

Despite the presence of the hotel, it was not until the 1920s and 1930s that Blackhall Rocks really developed as a community and village, something which is itself evident driving down the "coast road" (the A1086). Most of the houses along this road were built for middle class commuters, hence the proliferation of semi-detached houses and bungalows. In the late 1930s the local council built a large council estate to the west of the coast road, around the road to High Hesleden. Later on in the 1960s and 1970s a series of new council homes were built to the east, between the coast road and the railway line.

 

Interative Map

Landlords & Tenants can access the Interactive Map of County Durham by clicking on the map to the right, Simply double click on area you wish to zoom in.

This useful map will be of particular use to landlords who are looking purchase property in County Durham, you can use the features on the interactive map to assess the neighbourhood and general layout as part of your research before a purchasing and investing in a particular area.

Tenants will also find the interactive map of County Durham very useful when looking to move to a new neighbourhood, town or village in County Durham. Checking the general layout or the property and searching distance to amenities such as schools, shops, and commuting distance to place of work.