Official Name: | Fir Tree |
Country: | England |
Region: | North East England |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ140343 |
Coordinates: | 54.704°N -1.784°W |
Post Town: | CROOK |
Postcode Area: | DL |
Postcode District: | DL15 |
Population: | 226 |
Population Ref: | (2001) |
Dial Code: | 01388 |
Constituency Westminster: | North West Durham |
Unitary England: | County Durham |
Lieutenancy England: | County Durham |
Fir Tree is a village in County Durham, in England. It is west of Crook, near the River Wear.
Fir Tree has a petrol station and two pubs: The Duke of York and The Fir Tree Country Hotel. According to the 2001 census, Fir Tree had a population of 226.[1] Wear Valley Council say the population, according to the census of 2007 (for Wear Valley) was 314. It is approximately 2 mi from the small market town of Crook and 6 mi from the large market town Bishop Auckland. Approximately 1 mi northwest of the village is the World War II Harperley POW Camp 93.