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Yarm
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Also known as Yarm, North Yorkshire, Yarm-on-Tees

Yarm-on-Tees, or simply Yarm, is a market town in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a meander of the River Tees, extending south-east to the River Leven and south to the village of Kirklevington. A civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, Yarm is near the towns of Stockton-on-Tees, to its northeast, and Darlington, to its west.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Yarm-on-Tees
UK place.type
Market town and civil parish
UK place.population
9,600
UK place.population_ref
(small town, 2021 census)
UK place.os_grid_reference
NZ416124
UK place.country
England
UK place.civil_parish
Yarm
UK place.unitary_england
Stockton-on-Tees
UK place.region
North East England
UK place.lieutenancy_england
North Yorkshire
UK place.constituency_westminster
Stockton West
UK place.post_town
YARM
UK place.postcode_area
TS
UK place.postcode_district
TS15
UK place.dial_code
01642
UK place.website
www.YarmTC.org
UK place.local_name
Yarm

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Governance
  • House of Commons
  • Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
  • Yarm Town Council
  • Transport
  • Railway
  • Air
  • Road
  • Religion
  • Media
  • Sport
  • Community and culture
  • Funfair
  • Venues
  • Education
  • Twinned towns
  • Notable people
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Yarm-on-Tees, or simply Yarm, is a market town in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a meander of the River Tees, extending south-east to the River Leven and south to the village of Kirklevington. A civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, Yarm is near the towns of Stockton-on-Tees, to its northeast, and Darlington, to its west.

Yarm is known for its high street, voted Britain's best in a 2007 BBC Breakfast poll, and the Yarm Viaduct which spans across the town. It is also known locally for its annual funfair.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yarm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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