Place:Yarm, Durham, England

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NameYarm
TypeTown, Civil parish
Coordinates54.505°N 1.348°W
Located inDurham, England
Also located inCleveland, England     (1974 - 1996)
North Yorkshire, England     (1996 - )
See alsoTeesside, Cleveland, Englandconnurbation of which it was a part
Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, Englandunitary authority of which it is now a part
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Yarm, also referred to as Yarm-on-Tees, is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. It was previously a port town before the industry moved down the River Tees to more accessible settlements nearer to the sea.

It lies on the Southern bank of the River Tees, on a small peninsula hosting the town's high street and other oldest parts. Newer area of the town are in former fields south of the peninsula. To the east it extends to the River Leven, to the south it extends into the Kirklevington parish ( is in said parish). Low Worsall is to the newer area's west.

Yarm bridge marked the river's furthest tidal-flow reaching until a barrage opened to regulate the tide in 1995. It was previously the last bridge before the sea, having been superseded multiple times since. It was first superseded by a toll bridge in 1771, crossing into Stockton-on-Tees

The town's historic county is Yorkshire, the North Riding sub-division. The three sub-divisions had gained separate county status in 1889 before these were abolished in 1974. It is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees; first when the borough was a county of Cleveland district (1974-1996) and second (from 1996) in its present unitary authority structure. The borough is a constituent member of the Tees Valley combined authority.

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