County Durham is a unitary authority in the North East of England and borders Cumbria to the west, North Yorkshire to the south and Tyne and War and Northumberland to the north.
It has around 530,100 people living in about 246,380 households. The county covers an area of 223,260 hectares with 21 settlements including Durham City, Chester le Street, Newton Aycliffe, Consett and Peterlee.
The central spine of the county has excellent railway connections, being on the East Coast Main Line. Frequent fast trains come up from London Kings Cross via York to Darlington (2 hrs 30 mins) and Durham. They continue north to Chester le Street, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
The main north-south highway is A1(M), which is 2-3 lane motorway throughout the county. Other major routes are the A66 Trans-Pennine, A19 Trunk Road along the coast; and A68 along the Pennines to Corbridge and Edinburgh.
The Subject Property is situated circa one mile west of Chester le Street town centre, in a predominantly residential area that is characterised by 1960/70’s bungalows and semi-detached properties, alongside new build developments of semi-detached and detached properties.
The Subject is accessed via the roadway known as Gibside, with car parking provided to the northern boundary of the overall site.
