Peterlee is unique among a freshly towns which inherit plan a Second World War in that it was the sole 1 requested per humans across their political representatives. The deputation, mostly whenever does'nt totally working miners from the Easington District Council, met with the Minister of Town & United states Planning fallowing a 2nd globe war to put a pack for a recently town in the territorial dominion. A minister John Silkin responded by offering a half size freshly town of 30,000 residents. After, it come largely from either the encompassing villages in the district of Easington, itself a pit village.

Around 1975, Artist Placement Group had contacted new towns to install a terms for artists to propose projects . A Development Corporation of Peterlee Up to date Town responded & around 1976, Stuart Brisley was apponted. A design contained troika distinct area:

to acquire an on-going run of collecting & diseminating principles under a title History In Residing Memory to establish a publicly available history of the Development Corporation manufactured around association using the Sociology Dept of the University of Durham to introduce the community workshop which began in 1977

Further references in The Peterlee Design may be uncovered on its internet site.

On the 29th January 2005, the celebrated northerly-nor'-east b& Joe Byrne played a gig within help of Tsunami relief at East Durham and Houghall Community College.

Since 1981, Peterlee has a town-twinning by owning the German town of Nordenham on the river Weser within Lower Saxony opposite to Bremerhaven.

Far-famed residents that sleep in Peterlee when you took a 1970's include The Krankies and Roy Walker, the original presenter of Catchphrase.

=Schools & Colleges= Primary
Acre Rigg Infant Acre Rigg Junior Cotsfod Child (Horden) Cotsfod Junior (Horden) Dene Home Primary Eden Community Primary Howletch Lane Primary Shotton Hall Secondary
Dene Community School of Technology Saint Bede's Catholic Comprehensive Shotton Hall 6th Form Facilities
College
EDHCC (East Durham & Houghall Community College)

=External hyperlink= [http://www.peterlee-project.com/ The Peterlee Project web site] Government
[http://www.daltonet.com/edbc/peterleecouncil/council2.html Peterlee Town Council] [http://www.easington.gov.uk/ Easignton District Council] [http://www.durham.gov.uk/ Durham County Council] Schools
Primary
[http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/acrerigginf.durham/ Acre Rigg Infant] Secondary
[http://www.shottonhallcs.durham.sch.uk/ Shotton Hall] [http://www.st-bedes.durham.sch.uk/ Saint Bede's Catholic Comprehensive]

Special Schools
6th Form Facilities
College
[http://www.edhcc.ac.uk/ EDHCC]