Bolam, County Durham

{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}

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| official_name = Bolam

| civil_parish = Bolam

| country = England

| region = North East England

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| unitary_england = County Durham

| lieutenancy_england = Durham

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| population = 84

| population_ref = (2021 census)

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| static_image = Legs Cross on Dere Street.jpg

| static_image_caption = Legs Cross on Dere Street overlooks Bolam

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Bolam is a small village located in County Durham, England. The parish population (including Hilton and Morton Tinmouth) at the 2011 census was 209,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120897&c=DL2+2UL&d=16&e=62&g=6420220&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1436204105510&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=6 July 2015}} in 2021 the parish of Bolam alone had 84. It is situated a few miles to the north-west of Darlington.

In 2009 Npower Renewables identified an area of land to the north-west of Bolam as a possible site for the location of seven wind turbines, each up to 125 metres tall.[http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,1945.html Teesdale Mercury 27 January 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131102207/http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story%2C1945.html |date=31 January 2009 }}