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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Billingham

  

Billingham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Billingham

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Billingham history

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Early centuries

A clue to Billingham’s early origins is the prominent Anglo-Saxon tower of St Cuthbert’s Parish Church. The tower was built c. AD 1000, but elements of a late-7th/early-8th-century nave also remain.

Chemical industry and ICI

In 1917, Billingham was chosen to be the site of a new chemical works supplying ammonia for the war. The Brunner Mond Company took over the site, and converted it to manufacture fertilisers. In 1926, Imperial Chemical Industries merged with three other chemical companies to form ICI. ICI no longer operates in Billingham, having sold many of its businesses in the 1990s.

Anhydrite Mine

In 1983, NIREX announced a proposal to use the disused anhydrite mine as a site for the disposal of intermediate level nuclear waste. There was a certain amount of opposition to this, led by Billingham Against Nuclear Dumping (BAND) In 1985, in 1985, the plans were dropped. In 2007, a petition of 3,200 signatures against the mine’s opening was presented to the local authority. In March 2011, Stockton Council’s planning committee accepted an application from NPL Waste Management to reopen the mine for disposal of hazardous waste.

Politics

Billingham had its own urban district council which built the Billingham Forum, Kennedy Gardens and Billingham Golf Club (the UK’s first municipally-owned club) Billingham’s last mayor was Octavious Evitts in 1952. It was included into the County Borough of Teesside, in 1968.

You can visit Billingham places with Walkfo Billingham to hear history at Billingham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Billingham has 23 places to visit in our interactive Billingham map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Billingham, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Billingham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Billingham & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 23 audio facts unique to Billingham places in an interactive Billingham map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Billingham Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Billingham tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Billingham

  

Best Billingham places to visit

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Billingham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Billingham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Billingham’s information audio spots:

Billingham Billingham is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. The town was founded circa. 650 by a group of Angles known as Billa’s people, which is where the name Billingham thought to have originated. The chemical industry has played an important role in the growth of Billingham.

Tees Valley Tees Valley is a combined authority area in the north of England around the River Tees. The area covers five boroughs: Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. The combined authority was established in 2016 after public consultation in 2015.

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