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Shotton Colliery
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This article is about village in County Durham. For mine in Northumberland, see Shotton Surface Mine.
Shotton Colliery is a village in County Durham, England.
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Shotton Colliery | |
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![]() Memorial Pit Wheel, Shotton Colliery. | |
Location within County Durham | |
OS grid reference | NZ3908240712 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Postcode district | DH |
Dialling code | 0191 |
Police | Durham |
Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
Ambulance | North East |
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The civil parish of Shotton includes Shotton Colliery village and an area to the west, south and east, but is bordered by the A19 road to the east and does not include the village of Old Shotton which is to the east of that road and forms part of the town of Peterlee.[1] It has a parish council.[2][3]