Coordinates: 54°47′56″N 1°40′12″W / 54.799°N 1.670°W
| Langley Park | |
.png)  Langley Park
 Langley Park shown within County Durham |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | County Durham |
| Ceremonial county | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DURHAM |
| Postcode district | DH7 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | North West Durham |
| List of places: UK • England • County Durham | |
Langley Park is a village in County Durham, England. The historic city of Durham lies 4 miles (6.4 km) to the east whilst the larger city of Newcastle upon Tyne is 15 miles (24 km) to the north.
The village has a primary school which includes nursery, reception and junior classes. The producers of the 2000 film Billy Elliot filmed one of the scenes in the changing rooms of Langley Park school. This was just one of many occasions where the village has been used as a location for film and television productions. These include Days of Hope (1974), The Stars Look Down (1975), A Captain's Tale (1982) and Ripping Yarns (1977). The BBC television comedy The Fast Show also used the village as a location, such as Railway Street to film scenes of "Unlucky Alf". The main attraction for film and TV companies is the village's Railway Street which remains essentially unchanged from the time of its construction in the late nineteenth century (although most residents no longer have to leave their house and cross the street to the outside lavatories which remain as a reminder of a bygone age).
In 1988 the group Prefab Sprout released the album From Langley Park to Memphis. Group members Paddy and Martin McAloon were brought up in the nearby village of Witton Gilbert).
The village was also the childhood home of former English national football team manager Sir Bobby Robson, who went to school here. His family still live in the village.
The village has a wide variety of shops and amenities and is also home to Diggerland, where children of all ages can take control of a variety of heavy machinery and take rides over the former colliery ground on bulldozers and Landrovers.
Langley Park has grown steadily in recent years and has benefited from the influx of new residents, attracted to the village by the construction of several housing developments. Current housing projects are underway on the site of the former Kings Picture house and Hilltop View and plans are in hand to construct houses on the current site of Anderson & Young coachworks.
The River Browney, which flows to the north of the village, has recovered from the effects of contamination caused by a century of local industry and is fished regularly both by anglers and by otters who have made a welcome return to the river in recent years.
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