News from Crook & the Wear Valley

Car Parking in Crook remains free as proposals to introduce charging and time limits on parking in Crook are not being pursued at the present time, Wear Valley Council have informed us. However, new on-street restrictions apply in different parts of the town so watch out for the yellow lines!

Work on the Durham County Council/Wear Valley District Council Crook Town Centre Rennaisance Project is now well under way again with new paving being put  in along the length of Hope Street and the oversize trees are coming down.

The Weardale Railway continues to run weekend services between Wolsingham and Stanhope with weekday services during school holidays.

The long term aim is to operate the whole line from the Network Rail station at Bishop Auckland to Eastgate calling at Witton Park, Witton-le-Wear, Harperley, Wolsingham, Frosterley and Stanhope with through services also to Shildon (Locomotion national railway museum) and Darlington Bank Top on the East Coast Main Line. Click on link above to check the timetable or to join the Weardale Railway Trust and get involved as a volunteers.

If you are interested in the railway there are also websites maintained by the Weardale Locomotive Preservation Group, the North East Heritage Diesel Group and the Class 37 Loco Group.

Keep up to date with local news with the Northern Echo and the Weardale Gazette or take a look at WVDC's Wear Valley Matters.

A new weekly paper, The Wear Valley Mercury, is now being published in Crook.