Country: | England |
Official Name: | Haswell |
Static Image Name: | Haswell Church - geograph.org.uk - 419444.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Paul's Parish Church, Haswell |
Coordinates: | 54.7834°N -1.4177°W |
Population: | 1831 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Unitary England: | County Durham |
Lieutenancy England: | County Durham |
Region: | North East England |
Constituency Westminster: | Easington |
Post Town: | DURHAM |
Postcode District: | DH6 |
Postcode Area: | DH |
Dial Code: | 0191 |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ375433 |
Haswell is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated 6miles east of the city of Durham, 9miles south of the city of Sunderland and north-west of the town of Peterlee.
Haswell was the birthplace of world champion road racing cyclist Tom Simpson, born 30 November 1937, who died aged 29 on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour de France.
It was also the home of the first coal mine in the world with a steel cable down its mine shaft.
Coal was discovered in the early 19th century.