Belmont, County Durham

Belmont
Belmont
	Belmont Location within County Durham
Population	8,881 (2011)
OS grid reference	NZ305435
Civil parish	Belmont;
Unitary authority	County Durham;
Ceremonial county	County Durham;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DURHAM
Postcode district	DH1
Dialling code	0191
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	City of Durham;
	List of places UK England County Durham 54°46′59″N 1°31′01″W / 54.783°N 1.517°WCoordinates: 54°46′59″N 1°31′01″W / 54.783°N 1.517°W

Belmont is a suburb of the city of Durham, England. It was formerly a coal mining village and is north-east of the city centre, just east of the A1(M) motorway. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,881.^[1]

Facilities[]

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Belmont

Belmont Community School is the local secondary school.

The village is on the bus route from Sunderland to Durham. There is now just one pub (The Belmont, formerly the Sportsmans), two schools and a church, St Mary Magdalene.

Sport[]

Since 2014 Belmont has been the site of New Ferens Park, home of FA Women's Championship club Durham Women's F.C..

On the site of present day housing south of Broomside Lane and on the east side of the cemetery was Belmont Stadium, which existed as a greyhound racing stadium from 1940 until 1969.^[2]

In popular culture[]

Get Carter - "Beechcroft", a house on on Broomside Lane, was used as a location in the 1971 film as the home of character Cliff Brumby. It was here that Michael Caine as Jack Carter delivered the oft-quoted line "You’re a big man, but you’re out of shape."^[3] Despite a campaign to preserve it, the house was demolished in 2008.^[4]

Belmont Stadium was used in the 1954 film The Gay Dog.^[5]

References[]

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
^ "The fight for Get Carter house". Retrieved 7 July 2008.
^ "Get Carter house demolished". Sunderland Echo. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
^ "Remember When - 1954". Greyhound Star. 2013.

External links[]

Media related to Belmont at Wikimedia Commons

Parish Council Elections for Durham Parishes 2003^{[permanent dead link]}.
Vision of Britain information on Belmont Parish.
GenUKi description of historic Belmont parish.

[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 July 2015.

[2] Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.

[3] "The fight for Get Carter house". Retrieved 7 July 2008.

[4] "Get Carter house demolished". Sunderland Echo. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2009.

[5] "Remember When - 1954". Greyhound Star. 2013.

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Belmont
Belmont Location within County Durham
Population	8,881 (2011)
OS grid reference	NZ305435
Civil parish	Belmont
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DURHAM
Postcode district	DH1
Dialling code	0191

Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East

UK Parliament	City of Durham
List of places UK England County Durham 54°46′59″N 1°31′01″W / 54.783°N 1.517°W / 54.783; -1.517Coordinates: 54°46′59″N 1°31′01″W / 54.783°N 1.517°W / 54.783; -1.517