Burnhope
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Burnhope is a village and civil parish in the district of Derwentside in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley.
Burnhope is a village of contrasts, being home to many of the area's poorest and richest people (among them, children's author Terry Deary). In 2003 two wind turbines were erected in a field next to the village, creating a new landmark to accompany the transmission mast. Burnhope is the only place that the Durham miners Gala has been held apart from Durham. This was in 1926 the year of the National Strike when it was banned at Durham so it was moved to Burnhope. In 1986 a 60th annerversary was held to mark this event.
Burnhope was also the name of a village in upper Weardale, which is further west in County Durham. The village was inundated in the 1930s by the filling of Burnhope Reservoir.
