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Billingham
Town in County Durham, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Billingham is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. The town is on the north side of the River Tees and is governed as part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority. It had a population of 35,165 in the 2011 Census.
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Billingham | |
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Town | |
Location within County Durham | |
Population | 35,165 (2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | NZ470240 |
• London | 219 mi (352 km) |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BILLINGHAM |
Postcode district | TS22, TS23 |
Dialling code | 01642 |
Police | Cleveland |
Fire | Cleveland |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
Website | www |
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The settlement has been around since Anglo-Saxon times as a village, a post-Second World War modern town centre was built north of the old village centre on the town's grange.[2] It was a township with an urban district from 1923 until 1968, when it was absorbed into the County Borough of Teesside, and part of the county of Cleveland.[3]
Billingham is home to the Billingham Manufacturing Plant which is a major producer of Chemicals for agriculture.