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{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}}
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'''Oak Tree''' is a small village in the borough of [[Darlington (borough)|Darlington]] and the [[ceremonial county]] of 
[[County Durham]], England. It is situated between [[Darlington]] and [[Eaglescliffe]], north of the [[River Tees]]. It has a [[public house]] and is close to [[Teesside International Airport]].

== Administration ==
Oak Tree was [[Historic counties of England|historically]] and [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonially]] located in [[County Durham]], but for [[Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|administrative]] purposes is located in the borough of [[Darlington (borough)]], which became a [[unitary authority]] on 1 April 1997. Until that date Oak Tree was administered as part of County Durham, along with the rest of the borough, and continues to share police and fire services with the county.

Oak Tree is located in the [[Middleton St George]] [[ward (politics)|ward]] of Darlington, which as of 2005 is represented on the Borough Council by Doris Jones and Bill Maybrey (both [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]). It is part of the [[Stockton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton West]] parliamentary [[constituency]], which is represented by [[Matt Vickers]] (Conservative).

The local [[British Police|police]] force is [[Durham Constabulary]]. Oak Tree is in the Darlington division.

== Geography ==

===Location===
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* Latitude and longitude: {{coord|54|31|N|1|27|W|region:GB}} (54.52, &minus;1.45)
* Elevation: 40&nbsp;m (130&nbsp;feet)
* Road access: [[A67 road|A67]] between Darlington and [[Egglescliffe]] passes directly to the north
* Rail access: [[Dinsdale railway station|Dinsdale]], {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}}
* Nearest large village: [[Middleton St George]], {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}}
* Nearest town: [[Darlington]], {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}}

== Demographics ==
{{Main|Demographics of Tees Valley}}

==External links==
*[http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=436000&Y=513500&scale=10000&width=700&height=400&gride=442123.341471396&gridn=513926.278826281&lang=&db=freegaz&coordsys=gb Aerial photograph] from Multimap

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[[Category:Villages in County Durham]]
[[Category:Places in the Borough of Darlington]]
[[Category:Places in the Tees Valley]]