Fairfield is in western
Stockton in the
borough of Stockton-on-Tees
The Borough of Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area in England with borough status in County Durham and North Yorkshire. In 2021, it had a population of 196,600. Its main settlement and namesake of the borough is Stockton-on-Tees, which ...
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County Durham
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England
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. The area is home to several schools and a small library.
History
Fairfield was originally the site of a field which hosted a fair, hence its name. Some of the oldest housing in the area appears to be around The Avenue.
Housing in southern Fairfield, near
Hartburn, is older than that in the northern part of the area near
Bishopsgarth.
Geography
A
green belt
A green belt or greenbelt is a policy, and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wilderness, wild, or agricultural landscape, land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts ...
divides the suburb from neighbouring
Hartburn to the south, while at its western end, Fairfield ends abruptly at the edge of the town.
Administration
Fairfield is administered as a ward in Stockton Borough Council. In June 2021 a proposition that the ward be split in two saw opposition from local councillors.
Education
Fairfield has one infant school (Rosehill), one junior school (Holy Trinity, fed by Rosehill), and three primary schools: Fairfield Primary School, St Mark's CE VA Primary School and St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School. It has two secondary schools:
Our Lady and St Bede Catholic Academy, and
Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy. It is also home to
Stockton Sixth Form College.
The Grangefield Academy is technically in the Fairfield ward, but the neighbouring Grangefield estate is in the Newtown ward, not Fairfield.
Religious Sites
Holy Trinity with St Mark is an
Anglican
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
church on Bedale Grove. When St Mark's Church closed, its parish merged with that of Holy Trinity Church. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, built in 1973, is on Glenfield Road, adjacent to St. Patrick's Primary School.
Amenities
There are three public houses located in the suburb: The Rimswell, The Fairfield, and The Mitre.
Fairfield Library is next to Ian Ramsey CE Academy.
Image:2006-06-23 - Lealholme Grove.JPG, Lealholme Grove - Note Ian Ramsey School in the background.
Image:2006-06-23 - Upsall Grove.JPG, Upsall Grove
Image:2006-06-23 - Fairfield Road 1.JPG, Fairfield Road
Image:2006-06-23 - Fairfield Road 2.JPG, Fairfield Road
Image:2006-06-23 - A new bridge over the beck.JPG, Looking over Green's Beck near Upsall Grove.
Image:2006-06-23 - The continuation of the field towards Ian Ramsey.JPG, Standing on the Hartburn side of Green's Beck looking towards Ian Ramsey School.
References
External links
Fairfield Library
Areas of Stockton-on-Tees
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