Kimblesworth
Local Church in Kimblesworth, County Durham
Kimblesworth Location within County Durham
Population	1,614 [1]
OS grid reference	NZ259473
Civil parish	Kimblesworth and Plawsworth
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHESTER LE STREET
Postcode district	DH2
Dialling code	0191
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	North Durham
List of places UK England County Durham 54°49′08″N 1°35′49″W / 54.819°N 1.597°W / 54.819; -1.597

Kimblesworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kimblesworth and Plawsworth, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.^[2] It is situated between Durham and Chester-le-Street. The population Kimblesworth and Plawsworth at the 2011 Census was 1,614.

It is home to Kimblesworth Cricket club, who due to financial reasons now play in the North East Durham cricket league.

Civil parish

Kimblesworth was formerly an extra-parochial tract,^[3] from 1858 Kimblesworth was a civil parish in its own right,^[4] on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and became part of "Kimblesworth & Plawsworth", Sacriston and Witton Gilbert.^[5] In 1961 the parish had a population of 478.^[6]