Billingham Manufacturing Plant

The Billingham Manufacturing Plant is a large chemical works based in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England. In agricultural terms, it is one of the most important factories in Britain.

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Type: Industry
Description: Chemical factory in Stockton-on-Tees, England
Also known as: “Billingham Chemicals Complex”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Billingham and Teesside EfW.

Billingham

Railway station

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Billingham is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. The station, situated 10 miles 8 chains north-west of Middlesbrough, serves the town of Billingham, Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. Billingham is situated 1 mile north of Billingham Manufacturing Plant.

Teesside EfW

Power station

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Teesside Energy from Waste plant is a municipal waste incinerator and waste-to-energy power station, which provides 29.2 megawatts of electricity for the National Grid by burning 390,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste a year. Teesside EfW is situated 2,700 feet east of Billingham Manufacturing Plant.

Teessaurus Park

Park

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Teessaurus Park is a 10 acre urban grassland recreational area and sculpture park opened in 1979 in the Riverside Park light industrial estate, Middlesbrough, on the southern bank of the River Tees. Teessaurus Park is situated 1 mile east of Billingham Manufacturing Plant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haverton Hill and Billingham.

Haverton Hill

Locality

Haverton Hill is an area within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. Once considered a part of Billingham, Haverton Hill was once a thriving industrial community which has suffered significant depopulation since the 1960s as a result of pollution.

Billingham

Town

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Billingham is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. The town is on the north side of the River Tees and is governed as part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority.

Cowpen Bewley

Village

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Cowpen Bewley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Billingham, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 706. Cowpen Bewley is situated 1½ miles north of Billingham Manufacturing Plant.