Working and Living in Peterlee

Located next to Castle Eden Dene, the town is named after Peter Lee, whose vision it was to see a better way of life for people living in County Durham's villages. Peterlee is seen as something of a success story, with considerable change and a £24million town centre redevelopment in the last few years complementing the town's large, open green spaces. This redevelopment has seen the introduction of a new Bus Station and also a partial covering up of the shopping centre, which was given the name Castle Dene Shopping Centre.

Peterlee holds a two day event called the Peterlee Show, which is held at the end of the summer holidays (usually the first weekend of September) on Helford Road Cricket Ground. The event contains a variety of attractions such as rides, loads of entertainment and also music acts on the stage - some of the acts have made tributes to Abba, Tina Turner, the Bee Gees even The Jam played in front of a large audience. The Peterlee Show also holds horticultural competitions, Arts & Crafts stands, dog shows, bird of prey flying, motorcycle stunts, a parachute display (weather permitting) and fireworks on one or both nights.

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