Wynyard is a

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, England. It was designated a Garden Village by the government in 2020. Administratively, it is divided between the

Borough of Stockton-on-Tees The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area in England with borough status in County Durham and North Yorkshire. In 2021, it had a population of 196,600. Its main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which ...

and the

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, with each containing a civil parish called "Wynyard". Wynyard Estate has some of the most expensive houses in the North East, as well as the most expensive road in Teesside. Wynyard Park is home to several gated communities, the main one being the Manorside development, a collection of 27 self-built

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History

Until the 1990s, the area now making up the village of Wynyard was the grounds of

Wynyard Hall Wynyard Hall is a large English country house near Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham. The house was the English family seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry, an Anglo-Irish aristocratic dynasty, until it was sold to ...

estate, owned by the

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. In 1987, the hall and its ground was bought by Sir John Hall, who decided to develop housing on the grounds of the estate, with the housing estates of Wynyard Village, Wynyard Woods and Wynyard Park being built. Land north of the A689 in Wynyard, previously been used on a commercial basis by

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, was acquired in 2005 by Chris Musgrave, a

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businessman. It was developed into new housing and parkland. Wynyard Business Park was constructed on the eastern edge of Wynyard; a 2005 proposal to build a hospital there did not succeed and was scrapped in 2010.

Governance

On 1 April 2019 the parish of Wynyard, Stockton-on-Tees was formed, with the former parish of Grindon divided into two parishes of Grindon and Thorpe Thewles and Wynyard. Wynyard Parish Council (Hartlepool) was formed in May 2022; prior to its creation, the Hartlepool portion of Wynyard was in the civil parish of Elwick.

Economy

On the eastern side of Wynyard is Wynyard Business Park, in which a

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and

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are expected to open in 2025.

Transport

Wynyard is served by two main arterial roads: the

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running east to west from

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, and the A19 (north/south) leading to

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and

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to the south and

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to the north. Wynyard railway station was open from 1880 to 1931, serving the sparsely populated area before the construction of Wynyard village. After the line was closed and the tracks lifted, the line through Wynyard came under the control of

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who converted it into the Castle Eden Walkway cycle path, part of the Wynyard Woodland Park.

Demographics

In the

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, the population of Wynyard Parish, Hartlepool was 1,109. The population of Wynyard Parish, Stockton-on-Tees, was 3,180.

Education

Wynyard has a primary school, Wynyard Primary School, which opened in 2015.

Sport

Wynyard has a golf club,

Wynyard Golf Club Wynyard Golf Club is a golf club situated in the village of Wynyard near Sedgefield, County Durham, England. The course was built in 1996 alongside the building of the Wynyard Estates development and was designed by Hawtree. The Wellington Co ...

, on Wellington Drive. The course was built in 1996 alongside the building of the Wynyard Estates development and was designed by

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. In June 2019, a major redevelopment of Wynyard golf club was granted permission. The redevelopment includes a 150 bed luxury hotel and a sporting academy.

Notable people

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, entrepreneur *

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, footballer *

Malcolm Christie Malcolm Neil Christie (born 11 April 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Initially playing at non-league level for Deeping Rangers and Nuneaton Borough, he went on to play in the Premier League for bo ...

, footballer * Steve Baker, footballer *

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, footballer *

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, footballer

References

External links

Wynyard Park
housing development
Wynyard Parish Council (Stockton)Wynyard Parish Council (Hartlepool)
{{Authority control Housing estates in England Civil parishes in County Durham Villages in County Durham Borough of Hartlepool Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Places in the Tees Valley