Stanley, County Durham

Stanley
Town and civil parish
St. Andrew's Church, Stanley
Stanley Location within County Durham
Population	31,300 (2019)[1]
OS grid reference	NZ197525
Civil parish	Stanley
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STANLEY
Postcode district	DH9
Dialling code	01207
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	North Durham
Website	http://www.stanley-tc.gov.uk
List of places UK England County Durham 54°52′01″N 1°41′31″W / 54.867°N 1.692°W / 54.867; -1.692

Stanley is a town and civil parish in the ceremonial county and district of County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, Stanley lies south-west of Gateshead.

The local economy was once based on coal mining and other heavy industries.^[2] The core of the town began to grow in the nineteenth century through the expansion and merger of the mining villages of East Stanley and West Stanley.^[3] The civil parish, created in 2007,^[4] incorporates the town of Stanley and the villages of Annfield Plain, Bloemfontein, Catchgate, Clough Dene, Craghead, Greencroft, Harelaw, Kip Hill, New Kyo, No Place, Oxhill, Quaking Houses, Shield Row, South Moor, Tanfield, Tanfield Lea, Tantobie, The Middles, West Kyo and White-le-Head.^[5]