Stockton-on-Tees

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Stockton-on-Tees Stockton
Town
From left to right; Top: Town Hall with market cross and Infinity Bridge Middle: Tees Barrage Bottom: the fountains square
Stockton-on-Tees Location within County Durham
Population	84,815
OS grid reference	NZ440200
• London	217 mi (349 km)
Unitary authority	Stockton-on-Tees
Ceremonial county	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Bishopsgarth Bowesfield Fairfield Elm Tree Farm Hardwick Hartburn Newtown Roseworth Oxbridge Portrack
Post town	STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode district	TS16–TS21
Dialling code	01642
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Stockton North Stockton South
List of places UK England County Durham 54°34′N 1°19′W / 54.57°N 1.32°W / 54.57; -1.32

Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census.^[1] It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Valley, on the northern bank of the River Tees.

The Tees was straightened in the early 19th century for larger ships to access the town. The ports have since relocated closer to the North Sea and ships are no longer able to sail from the sea to the town due to the Tees Barrage, which was installed to manage tidal flooding. The Stockton and Darlington Railway, on which coal was ferried to the town for shipment, served the port during early part of the Industrial Revolution. The railway was also the world's first permanent steam-locomotive-powered passenger railway.