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Dist:0.3km<br/>Ellesmere Close, part of a new housing development called Mulberry Park, near Houghton-le-Spring.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Mulberry Park is a new development of private housing near Houghton-le-Spring.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Avenue Vivian, part of a housing development in Fencehouses, near Houghton-le-Spring
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Houses in Acacia Avenue, Fencehouses.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Currently being built on the site of an old industrial estate
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Dist:0.4km<br/>A bridge carrying a footpath over Moors Burn, between Houghton-le-Spring and Fencehouses. Moors Burn is a tributary of the River Wear.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Moors Burn is a tributary of the River Wear.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Bungalows and semi-detached houses in Fencehouses, near Houghton-le-Spring.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Housing in Fencehouses, near Houghton-le-Spring. Although they look like houses, a closer look shows that each one has two front doors. This suggests that they may be flats.
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Dist:0.7km<br/>The railway through Fencehouses lost its regular passenger trains in the 1960s. The line remained in use, both for freight trains and occasionally for diverted passenger trains on days when the main line through Durham and Chester-le-Street was closed for engineering work. The line became disused in around 1992. Although no maintenance work is carried out, this railway line is still owned by Network Rail, and is being retained in case there is a need to bring it back into use in future. Although much of the track is intact, here at Fencehouses it has been covered over with tarmac at the site of a level crossing. The railway route is also the border between Tyne & Wear (this side of the crossing) and County Durham (on the far side). The blue sign just beyond the crossing is the sign for County Durham.
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Dist:0.7km<br/>The change in the road surface marks the site of a railway level crossing. The railway through Fencehouses fell into disuse in around 1992. The line is still "mothballed", retained by Network Rail in case there is a need to bring it back into use in future. In many places the track is intact, but it would need to be restored at this point. The railway also marks the boundary between County Durham (this side of the crossing) and Tyne & Wear on the far side.
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