Egglescliffe

Egglescliffe
Village and civil parish
Egglescliffe green
Egglescliffe is located in County Durham
Egglescliffe
Egglescliffe
Location within County Durham
Population8,559 (2011)
OS grid referenceNZ421131
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode districtTS16
Dialling code01642
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°30′43″N 1°21′00″W / 54.512°N 1.350°W / 54.512; -1.350

Egglescliffe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England.[1] Administratively it is located in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.[2]

The civil parish is in the Teesdale with a population of 8,559 at the 2011 Census.[3] In the 2021 census the group of interconnected villages in the parish and Preston-on-Tees had a population of 10,250, in the larger village to small town classification.[4] It has Egglescliffe School (secondary and sixth-form), a light industrial estate, two railway stations and golf club. Villages in the parish include Eaglescliffe, Urlay Nook, Sunningdale, Orchard and a development on the former Allens West MOD site.[5]

360° Panoramic of the village green

The village is on top of a hill with the River Tees at the bottom, overlooking Yarm on the other bank. It had a 2001 population of around 595,[6] There is a Church of England primary school, small kids play area, farms, allotments and a public house (called the Pot and Glass).

  1. ^ County Durham, England's Cities, Towns, Villages and Settlements
  2. ^ Councils in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham - Yahoo! Local UK
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. ^ "History of the Parish". www.egglescliffeandeaglescliffe-pc.org.uk. Egglescliffe & Eaglescliffe Parish Council. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Area Snapshot". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.