Welcome to
Yarm.co.uk
Yarm.co.uk is a community website which is here to help you find everything you need to know about Yarm and is constantly being updated. It not only helps visitors arriving into the area but it also provides many local services to people in and around the Yarm area. Over the coming months, the site will provide a comprehensive list of local business and services.
Yarm sits on the banks of the river Tees in North Yorkshire but for many belonged in Teesside. It has not moved but for reasons perhaps best understood by the planners, it was given a new county to reside in. Yarm is a world renowned town that is famous for many things including 'The Best High Street In Britain Award' as voted for by the BBC breakfast viewers. Yarm is renowned the world over for being a chic, classy and cosmopolitan town which is crammed full of wonderful ‘boutique’ style designer shops. Yarm pubs and restaurants offer the warmest welcome and hospitality to locals and visitors alike. Yarm is also a favourite location for people from all walks of life and has played host to film stars, pop stars and even royalty! In recent times locals and visitors have rubbed shoulders with Prince Harry who was drinking in one of Yarm's many pubs. Rumours are rife that Prince Harry and Prince William may even consider Yarm for the forthcoming stag party!
Yarm High Street proudly boasts one of the largest cobbled high streets in England and one of the attractions is the rather quaint Dutch style town hall, which is situated in the centre of the high street, completes a stunning picture and tells a colourful history of the town and its inhabitants. How many high streets today can still claim to offer
Visitors flock to Yarm in droves and are never short of things to do or be disappointed as there really is something for everyone in Yarm, regardless of age or preference.
Enjoy a romantic stroll along the riverbank of the River Tees and be left in wonder by the stunning arched viaduct bridge or perhaps even a spot of fishing on the Yarm riverbanks, then how about ending the day with a great meal in one of the fabulous homely pubs of Yarm with real ale and beer gardens to enjoy classic British summertime's. If you want something a little more lively, try out the great nightlife enjoyed by people from all over the UK as Yarm hosts not just one nightclub but two! Yarm is home to Club M, an award winning nightclub which has hosted many of the worlds most successful DJ's and pop acts.
Restaurants of
Yarm
If your palate requires a little more than the wonderful pubs of Yarm have to offer, then the restaurants of Yarm are plentiful and offer cuisine from around the world. Sample the delights of Everly's Continental Cafe Restaurant or Joe Rigatoni's or anyone of the many wonderful restaurants of Yarm. In the 19th century, Yarm
Pubs of
Yarm
In the 19th century, Yarm had almost as many pubs as people living in the town! Most buildings today that host all manner of business from Post Offices to fruit and Veg shops in former years many were actually pubs. Today, many of the historic pubs of Yarm welcome clientele from around the world but many hold stories from hundreds of years ago. The 'George And Dragon' in Yarm was the venue for the meeting in 1820 that decided the building of the Stockton and Darlington railway. The Ketton Ox in its former years hosted 'Cock Fighting' but is named after a famous ox bred near Darlington The High Street in its former years once boasted 16 inns as Yarm was seen as one of the most important coaching stops on the North-South route. Pubs of Yarm today mix historic pubs and bars and more recent additions such as the Hyde Bar and Osbourne's mix well with locals and visitors alike.
Some History of
Yarm
In medieval times, Yarm was considered one of the most important towns and ports along the River Tees. Home to shipbuilders, brewers, rope makers and all manner of traditional crafts men. Built around 1690, Yarm town hall is one of the oldest buildings in the town but previous to the building of the town hall stood a toll both placed to collect revenues from the travellers heading through Yarm. In later years due to the proximity of Yarm and the River Tees, a bell was added so that locals could be alerted of floods which were frequent. In later years it was decided by the Lord Mayor of the Manor that a town hall should be built. Today the town hall sits majestically in the centre of Yarm and from criminal courts to tourist office, it has earned its place in the history of Yarm and today this wonderful building has plaques at various levels to indicate the levels of the most severe floods that affected the towns folk of Yarm. The highest floods to hit Yarm date back to 1771 when the water was over 7ft above the ground.