List of civil parishes in County Durham

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The towns of Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington and Hartlepool are the only unparished areas outside the administrative county. There are 181 civil parishes.

Darlington
The former Darlington County Borough is unparished.


 * Archdeacon Newton 10
 * Barmpton 10
 * Bishopton 10
 * Brafferton 10
 * Coatham Mundeville 10
 * Denton 10
 * East and West Newbiggin 10
 * Great Burdon 10
 * Great Stainton 10
 * Heighington 10
 * High Coniscliffe 10
 * Houghton le Side 10
 * Hurworth 10
 * Killerby 10
 * Little Stainton 10
 * Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent 10
 * Middleton St George 10
 * Morton Palms 10
 * Neasham 10
 * Piercebridge 10
 * Sadberge 10
 * Summerhouse 10
 * Walworth 10
 * Whessoe 10

County Durham
The former Chester le Street Urban District and Consett Urban District and parts of the former Bishop Auckland Urban District, Crook and Willington Urban District and Stanley Urban District are unparished. When the City of Durham parish was formed in 2018, three areas remained unparished as the boundaries were based on wards and not aligned to those of the surrounding parishes.


 * Barforth 21
 * Barnard Castle (town)2
 * Barningham 21
 * Bearpark 12
 * Belmont 12
 * Bishop Auckland (town)3
 * Bishop Middleham 17
 * Bolam 1
 * Boldron 21
 * Bournmoor 5
 * Bowes 21
 * Bradbury and the Isle 17
 * Brancepeth 12
 * Brandon and Byshottles 4
 * Brignall 21
 * Burnhope 15
 * Cassop-cum-Quarrington 12
 * Castle Eden 13
 * Chilton (town)17
 * City of Durham 11
 * Cleatlam 1
 * Cockfield 1
 * Cornforth 17
 * Cornsay 15
 * Cotherstone 21
 * Coxhoe 12
 * Croxdale and Hett 12
 * Dalton-le-Dale 13
 * Dene Valley 3
 * Easington Colliery 13
 * Easington Village 13
 * Edmondbyers 25
 * Edmondsley 5
 * Eggleston 1
 * Egglestone Abbey 21
 * Eldon 18
 * Esh 15
 * Etherley 1
 * Evenwood and Barony 1
 * Ferryhill (town)17
 * Fishburn 17
 * Forest and Frith 1
 * Framwellgate Moor 12
 * Gainford 1
 * Gilmonby 21
 * Great Aycliffe (town)10 17 18
 * Great Lumley 5
 * Greater Willington (town)8
 * Greencroft 15
 * Hamsterley 1
 * Hamsterley Common 1
 * Haswell 13
 * Hawthorn 13
 * Headlam 1
 * Healeyfield 15
 * Hedleyhope 15
 * Hilton 1
 * Holwick 21
 * Hope 21
 * Horden 13
 * Hunderthwaite 21
 * Hunstanworth 25
 * Hutton Henry and Station Town 13
 * Hutton Magna 21
 * Ingleton 1
 * Kelloe 12
 * Kimblesworth and Plawsworth 5 12
 * Lanchester 15
 * Langleydale and Shotton 1
 * Langton 1
 * Lartington 21
 * Little Lumley 5
 * Lunedale 21
 * Lynesack and Softley 1
 * Marwood 1
 * Mickleton 21
 * Middleton in Teesdale 1
 * Middridge 18
 * Monk Hesleden 13
 * Mordon 17
 * Morton Tinmouth 1
 * Muggleswick 15
 * Murton 13
 * Nesbitt 13
 * Newbiggin 1
 * North Lodge 5
 * Ouston 5
 * Ovington 21
 * Pelton 5
 * Peterlee (town)13
 * Pittington 12
 * Raby with Keverstone 1
 * Rokeby 21
 * Romaldkirk 21
 * Sacriston 5
 * Satley 15
 * Scargill 21
 * Seaham (town)16
 * Seaton with Slingley 13
 * Sedgefield (town)17
 * Shadforth 12
 * Sheraton with Hulam 13
 * Sherburn Village 12
 * Shildon (town)18
 * Shincliffe 12
 * Shotton 13
 * South Bedburn 1
 * South Hetton 13
 * Spennymoor (town)19
 * Staindrop 1
 * Stanhope 25
 * Stanley (town)20
 * Startforth 21
 * Streatlam and Stainton 1
 * Thornley 13
 * Tow Law (town)24
 * Trimdon 17
 * Trimdon Foundry 13
 * Urpeth 5
 * Waldridge 5
 * Wackerfield 1
 * Weather Hill Wood 4 12
 * West Auckland 3
 * West Rainton and Leamside 12
 * Westwick 1
 * Wheatley Hill 13
 * Whorlton 1
 * Windlestone 17
 * Wingate 13
 * Winston 1
 * Witton Gilbert 12
 * Witton-le-Wear 8
 * Wolsingham 25
 * Wolsingham Park Moor 25
 * Woodland 1
 * Wycliffe with Thorpe 21

Hartlepool
Part of the former Hartlepool County Borough is unparished.


 * Brierton 22
 * Claxton  22
 * Dalton Piercy 22
 * Elwick 22
 * Greatham 22
 * Hart 22
 * Headland 14
 * Newton Bewley 22
 * Wynyard

Stockton-on-Tees
Part of the former Teesside County Borough is unparished. For the part of the borough south of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire.


 * Aislaby 22
 * Billingham (town)23
 * Carlton 22
 * Egglescliffe 22
 * Elton 22
 * Grindon and Thorpe Thewles 22
 * Longnewton 22
 * Newsham 22
 * Preston-on-Tees 22
 * Redmarshall 22
 * Stillington and Whitton 17 22
 * Wolviston 22
 * Wynyard 22