Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees
  • Stockton
Town
Stockton-on-Tees is located in County Durham
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees
Location within County Durham
Population84,815 
OS grid referenceNZ440200
• London217 mi (349 km)
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
Post townSTOCKTON-ON-TEES
Postcode districtTS16–TS21
Dialling code01642
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
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.

  1. ^ "Figure 1: Explore population characteristics of individual BUAs". Retrieved 7 August 2021.