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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 Tees is located to the north, and the Leven to the east. The Leven is a tributary of the Tees. In the past there was a port at Yarm, with merchant vessels travelling to Yarm along the Tees.

The imposing 2,280 ft long railway viaduct was constructed between 1849 and 1851 for the Leeds Northern Railway company. Its designers were Thomas Grainger and John Bourne. The structure comprises 7 million bricks, and has 43 arches. The original Yarm railway station, now closed, used to be situated on the Eaglescliffe side of the river at the north end of the viaduct. The un-manned modern station, opened in 1996, is now located to the south of Yarm

A fair is held on the Tuesday evening to Saturday night of the third week in October in the High Street. It was once a commercial fair that traded in cheese and livestock, but has become a fun fair, although travellers still attend the fair, and ride horses up and down the street on the Saturday. The travellers have to wait outside the town until 6:00PM on the Tuesday, at which point they are allowed to cross the bridge over the River Tees into the town.

Yarm is twinned with two other European towns Schwalbach in Germany and Vernouillet in France

On 2 July 2005, two trees were planted to the north of the town hall to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning between Yarm and the two towns. The trees are marked with plaques

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