The North East has got a host of great pubs, clubs and venues - with nightlife wherever you turn in Durham, Newcastle and Sunderland. 

With a range of choices for people who want a quiet drink, those who want to go clubbing and those who are looking for something a little quirky and different. 

However, going back to the 1990s and early 2000s, there was a location away from Durham, Newcastle and Sunderland that attracted some of the biggest names.

The place to be, The Tall Trees nightclub and hotel in Yarm still holds a special place in the hearts of clubbers across Teesside and the North East.

Home to Club Macmillans - also known affectionately as Club M - the venue attracted many big names throughout the noughties. 

This included Pete Tong, Girls Aloud, Chesney Hawkes, and many more, and they all brought their fleet of supercars with them, which made Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Rolls Royce' a common sight.

Below, we have collated images that we have here at The Northern Echo of The Tall Trees in Yarm, from its heyday to its demise and it being left derelict. 

These images, of course, include Girls Aloud playing the TFM Sweet Night event at Club M.

Take a look below

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The Northern Echo: Hotel and nightclub Tall Trees has been partly demolished

Sadly, there's no chance of it making a return as the venue was left gutted by a fire shortly after its closure and has since been demolished.

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In its heyday, Tall Trees was once visited by ex-Prime Minister John Major and pop star Chesney Hawkes.

Tall Trees was originally a country residence which was converted into a small hotel in the 1960s. By the time it closed, it was a 120-bed hotel and a well-known wedding venue. The nightclub closed in 2010.

In total, 50 jobs were lost when the venue closed - with some sad to see the images (above) of what the venue looked when it was left derelict.