12 Facts About Billingham

Billingham is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.

The site of the power station is Billingham Reach Industrial Estate, an international wharf owned by Able UK Ltd.

ICI no longer operates in Billingham, having sold many of its businesses during the restructuring of the company in the 1990s.

The chemical, biotechnology and engineering companies that continue to operate at Billingham are members of the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster .

In 1996, with the abolition of Cleveland County, Billingham remained within Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which became a unitary authority.

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In 1917, after Billingham was chosen as the site for the production of synthetic ammonia due to its good transport links and access to the resources needed, the population of the town nearly doubled in just a few years from 4500 to 8000.

Billingham is served by two secondary schools: Northfield School, a specialist sports college, and St Michael's Catholic Academy, a specialist Science Catholic academy.

Billingham is home to several religious communities, the largest of which are the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church.

Billingham is served by the A19 running to Sunderland in the north and Thirsk in the south.

Billingham is served by the A689 to Hartlepool in the east and Bishop Auckland in the west.

On 2 June 2011, the Billingham Forum returned from its £15m refurbishment, which started in mid-2009.

Billingham Forum is owned by Stockton Borough Council and is managed by Tees Active Ltd.