Teesdale (district)
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| Teesdale District | |
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| Missing image DurhamTeesdale.png Teesdale Shown within County Durham | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | North East England |
| Admin. County: | County Durham |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 42nd 839.98 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Barnard Castle |
| ONS code: | 20UH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 352nd 24,660 29 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.1% White |
| Politics | |
| Teesdale District Council http://www.teesdale.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Independent |
| MP: | Helen Goodman |
Teesdale is a local government district in County Durham, England. Its council is based in Barnard Castle. It is the valley of the River Tees.
That part of the district south of the River Tees is historically part of Yorkshire, and made up Startforth Rural District before the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect in 1974.
| Districts of England - North East England | 
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| Alnwick - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Blyth Valley - Castle Morpeth - Chester-le-Street - Darlington - Derwentside - Durham - Easington - Gateshead - Hartlepool - Middlesbrough - Newcastle upon Tyne - North Tyneside - Redcar and Cleveland - Sedgefield - South Tyneside - Stockton-on-Tees - Sunderland - Teesdale - Tynedale - Wansbeck - Wear Valley
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| 1974 counties: Cleveland - County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear |