Present
The village has a high crime rate as some derelict houses have been set on fire by arsonists and other houses have been boarded up. Such an example was the Queen's Head pub that was destroyed by arsonists in 2005. The village also has a high unemployment rate but it has few amenities and residents need to travel to nearby Billingham, Middlesbrough or Stockton. It is served by the Stagecoach service 1 between Hartlepool and Middlesbrough. The A1046 links the village to Stockton and Middlesbrough (via the Newport Bridge) in the west and the A178 links to Hartlepool and Middlesbrough (via the Transporter Bridge) in the east.
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