Preston-on-Tees

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Preston-on-Tees
County Durham

Preston Hall, Preston-on-Tees
Location
Grid reference: NZ421156
Location: 54°31’59"N, 1°20’44"W
Data
Population: 1,689  (2011)
Post town: Stockton-On-Tees
Postcode: TS16, TS18
Local Government
Council: Stockton-on-Tees
Website: prestonparishcouncil.co.uk

Preston-on-Tees, locally called 'Preston', is a village in County Durham, sitting on the north bank of the River Tees, which is the county's border with the North Riding of Yorkshire. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 1,689.

In the village are Preston Hall and its accompanying public park.

The parish originated as a township in the Parish of Stockton-on-Tees.

Churches

  • Church of England: All Saints (founded in the early 1900s as a church plant from the Church of St Thomas, Stockton
  • Methodist: Eaglescliffe Trinity Methodist Church, opened in 1902

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