Junior play area at Woodhouse Park

Play Areas

Open spaces were high on the agenda when the initial design of Peterlee was under discussion and implementation. You will notice to this day the large amount of green areas between housing estates and the town centre. When the Peterlee Development Corporation demised in 1988, this land transferred to both the District of Easington and the Town Council. The Town Council alone maintains over 400 acres of land.

If you’d like to visit any of the play areas in Peterlee, whether you’ll be walking, driving or using the bus, you can click on any of the links below to get directions and timetables:

Heath Close
Hampshire Place
Eden Lane
Oakerside Drive
Hill Rigg House (Lowhills Road)
Woodhouse Park

In 2020, Peterlee Town Council invested around £350,000 in some brilliant new play areas in Peterlee at the following sites: Woodhouse Park (off Balliol Close), Heath Close and Eden Lane. The play areas have been extended and renewed, including new safety surfaces and Woodhouse Park now boasts a parkour gym and BMX pump-track!

Click on the links below to see some photos of the improved play areas.

Woodhouse Park
Eden Lane Play area
Heath Close Play area

Help us look after these amazing play areas. If you see any anti-social behaviour or vandalism, please call 101 to report it as soon as possible, or contact us by telephone on (0191) 586 2491, or by email at council@peterlee.gov.uk

Yoden Village Quarry

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To download a copy of this leaflet please click on the link Yoden Village Quarry Web Leaflet P5

Leisure Gardens

In addition to sports facilities, the Town Council also provide leisure gardens at Thorntree Gill (17 plots) and Lowhills Road (50 plots). These gardens are managed on behalf of Peterlee Town Council by a Gardeners Association on each site. For further information please contact Ian Morris, Town Clerk on 0191 5862491 or clerk@peterlee.gov.uk

Our Leisure Gardens plots are currently fully occupied with a relatively short waiting list.  For more information or to put your name onto the waiting list for either or both sites please contact Janet Hugill on 0191 5862491 or parks@peterlee.gov.uk