Billingham

Billingham
Billingham
Town
	From the top, Town Centre, Kingsway, Billingham Manufacturing Plant
	Billingham Location within County Durham
Population	35,165 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	NZ470240
• London	219 mi (352 km)
Civil parish	Billingham;
Unitary authority	Stockton-on-Tees;
Ceremonial county	County Durham;
Region	North East;
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	Stockton North;
Website	www.billingham-tc.gov.uk

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. 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.

Billingham is home to the Billingham Manufacturing Plant which is a major producer of Chemicals for agriculture.

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