Hesleden
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Hesleden is a village in County Durham
County Durham
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, in England
England
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. It is situated to the south of Peterlee
Peterlee
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. It has a large pond situated at the bottom next to the Hart to Haswell Walkway. Hesleden also has a park and Dene to walk through and explore.

Hesleden was named Hesleden from the two words combined, Dene
Dene (valley)
A Dene, derived from the Old English denu and frequently spelled dean, used to be a common name for a valley, in which sense it is frequently found as a component of English place-names, such as Rottingdean and Ovingdean....

 and Hesle which is from "hazel".

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
Colin Bell MBE , is a former English football player who was born in Hesleden, County Durham, England. Nicknamed "The King of the Kippax" , and Nijinsky after the famous racehorse , Bell is widely regarded as Manchester City's greatest ever player...

, former England
England national football team
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 and Manchester City F.C.
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 footballer
Football (soccer)
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, was born in Hesleden.

Hesleden has 1 club, having seen the Calf public house and the Cons club recently close, and a youth club which is open on a Monday from 6 till 9 for the age group of 7 to 11 and open on Wednesday from 6 till 9 for the age group of 11 to 18s. It also has one post office / shop, which is probably the main attraction.

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