East Howle, Ferryhill sits in a rural setting of County Durham, close to the historic Clarence Railway route that once carried coal to the River Tees.
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East Howle, Ferryhill is situated in the rural part of County Durham, in the DL 17 postal district. The locality lies near the historical route of the Clarence Railway, an early railway company that operated between 1833 and 1853. The railway was built to transport coal from mines in County Durham to ports on the River Tees and competed with the Stockton and Darlington Railway. It struggled financially after opening, partly due to low traffic and high rates charged by the Stockton and Darlington Railway for transporting coal to the Clarence. In 1839 an extension of the Byers Green branch was opened by the independent West Durham Railway to serve collieries in Weardale. The presence of this former railway line suggests a landscape shaped by industrial transport history and a connection to the wider coal mining heritage of the region.