Billingham

Billingham
Town
From the top, Town Centre, Kingsway, Billingham Manufacturing Plant
Billingham is located in County Durham
Billingham
Billingham
Location within County Durham
Population33,915 (2021 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ470240
• London219 mi (352 km)
Civil parish
  • Billingham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBILLINGHAM
Postcode districtTS22, TS23
Dialling code01642
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
Websitewww.billingham-tc.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°37′N 1°16′W / 54.61°N 1.27°W / 54.61; -1.27

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ "A Brief History of Billingham" (PDF). Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Billingham UD". Retrieved 19 April 2023.