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Local Information for Yarm

Yarm is a small town which for ceremonial purposes is in the North Riding of Yorkshire in England. It was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and marked the end of the tidal section of the River Tees until the Tees Barrage was built in Stockton. It is situated in a loop of the river

Administratively, the town is in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, made a unitary authority in 1996, before which Yarm was in the county borough of Cleveland, a creation of the Local Government Act 1972. The Yarm ward (which includes Kirklevington) has three local councillors sitting on Stockton borough council all of which are Conservatives. As of 2005 they are: Jennifer Beaumont, Brian Jones, and Andrew Sherris.

Yarm is divided into five estates, and the peninsular area where the town centre is situated. The estates are Willey Flatts, Layfield Farm, The Kebbell (or Spitalfields), Leven Park, and Levendale (or Ingleby Grange).

Yarm is bordered by two rivers. The River Te...More