(10 Dec 2014, 9:42 pm)AdamY wrote I think it probably came up Ernest Street (where the post-office is now) and used Ivyway to loop back round to the main road. IIRC, the stop was located on the South-side of Ivyway, and I think Ernest Street probably could've accommodated a bus in the past.
I have a 1986 County Durham timetable and it shows a service 741 operating 3 times a day (not Sundays) from Chester-le-Street to Pelton (Ivy Way) via Pelton Fell and Station Lane, but no indication of how the bus turned round at Pelton. I think this route finished at the time of deregulation (October 1986).
The departures from Chester were at 0915, 1215 and 1415, departures from Pelton 11 minutes later. No idea if it worked in with any other route though.
Hope that helps,
Chris