 It has a large park to the north, adjacent to Burnthouse Lane, although the play apparatus was taken down in the late 1990s due health and safety restrictions, as was the play equipment situated in the area between the rear of Neill Drive and Laburnum Grove, which was known as "the little park".The nearest parks with play equipment are now Marley Hill Park and Chase Park in Whickham.The village has no school, with children mainly attending Clover Hill Primary School, Fellside Primary School and secondary schools in Whickham and Lobley Hill.