Hilton, North Yorkshire

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Hilton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is a small village with an estimated population of around 400, measured at 374 in the 2011 census.^[1] Despite its proximity to Teesside, the village retains its rural feel, and has a number of public footpaths surrounding it.

The village church, the Church of St Peter, Hilton, which is largely unaltered since its building in the 12th century.^[2] The old Hilton Manor House was demolished in the 1960s and the site is now occupied by a number of houses along Manor Drive. Until the 1960s the village consisted of only around a dozen properties plus a few farms, but several small-scale housing developments in the 1970s and 1990s have seen the size of the village increase dramatically. The village has no shop, but has retained its pub, The Falcon (formerly The Fox & Hounds). At the turn of the Millennium, Hilton's village hall was refurbished and extended.

References

^ "Parish population 2015". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ "St Peter, Hilton". A church near you. The Church of England. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey.

External links

Media related to Hilton, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons

54°29′48″N 1°17′00″W / 54.49667°N 1.28333°W / 54.49667; -1.28333

The borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Major Settlements

Billingham

Eaglescliffe

Ingleby Barwick

Stockton

Thornaby

Yarm

Norton

Villages

Aislaby

Carlton

Cowpen Bewley

Egglescliffe

Elton

Grindon

Hartburn

Hilton

Governance

Constituencies: Stockton North; Stockton South

Culture, leisure
and tourism

Events: Stockton International Riverside Festival; Stockton Weekender

Parks: Preston Park; Ropner Park; Trinity Green

Countryside: Bassleton Wood and The Holmes; Portrack Marsh Nature Reserve; Portrack Meadows Wildlife Reserve; Quarry Wood

Misc: Tees Barrage International White Water Course; Tees Valley Giants; Teesside Park

Services

Education: Schools; Queen's Campus

Prison: Holme House; Kirklevington Grange

Organisations

Business: Teesdale Business Park
Industry: Billingham Manufacturing Plant; Teesside EfW plant
Mass Media: Radio Tees

Sport

Tees Barrage International White Water Course

Waterways

Rivers: Tees; Leven
Crossings: Yarm Viaduct; Preston Pipe Bridge; Jubilee Bridge; Surtees Bridge; Surtees Rail Bridge; Victoria Bridge; Teesquay Millennium Footbridge; Princess of Wales Bridge; Infinity Bridge; Tees Barrage; Tees Viaduct; Tees Newport Bridge; Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge

Transport

Air	Teesside International Airport
Rail	Lines Durham Coast Tees Valley Tees Valley Metro (proposed) Stations Allens West Billingham Eaglescliffe Stockton Thornaby Yarm
Road	A19 A66 A174