Teesside Park

Teesside Park is a retail superstore and leisure development in Thornaby-on-Tees, built in 1988. Located just off the A66 near the A66/A19 interchange, it is split between the unity authorities of Stockton-on-Tees (retail park) and Middlesbrough (leisure park) with the line of the Old River Tees, which runs down the middle of the development, forming the boundary between the two authorities. The development has an eye-catching central building that was constructed in 2008.[1]

For the former racecourse see, see Stockton Racecourse.

Teesside Park
Teesside Park retail complex, built on the site of the old Stockton Racecourse
LocationA66 near the A66/A19 interchange
OwnerBritish Land

Site

The Stockton-on-Tees section is within the town of Thornaby-on-Tees and is all located within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. The driving force behind its growth was originally the Teesside Development Corporation[2] in the late 1980s when the two current unitary authorities were part of the county of Cleveland. The park's location is often incorrectly listed as Stockton-on-Tees (for the leisure park), Teesside, Cleveland or Middlesbrough (for the retail park).

It is built on the former site of Stockton Racecourse, hence many of the park's roads being named after famous racecourses such as Aintree and Goodwood. It is home to a number of retail chains and has a Morrisons supermarket. Its catchment area covers much of the Tees Valley and much of the north of North Yorkshire. There is a new development in the central car park with two new inner buildings. Construction started in March 2012. The two new units are occupied by Greggs and Carphone Warehouse, which moved from an outer building. The two new units Officially opened in August 2012.

Transport

Teesside Park is served by Arriva bus services between Stockton and Middlesbrough. The nearest railway station is Thornaby, where some of the services call at on their way to and from Stockton.[3][4][5]

Retail park

Current retailers

Previous retailers

Leisure park
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References
  1. "Teesside Park's Designer Loo". BBC Tees. bbc.co.uk. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  2. Fred Robinson; Keith Shaw; Marty Lawrence (February 1994), "Urban development corporations and the creation of employment: An evaluation of Tyne & Wear and Teesside development corporations", Local Economy, Routledge, 8 (4): 326–337, doi:10.1080/02690949408726207
  3. Huntley, David (14 February 2019). "New bus service will run direct to Teesside Park". Gazette Live. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. Corking, Graham (22 July 2016). "New Teesside Park bus services from Middlesbrough and Stockton". Gazette Live. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. "Teesside Park – bustimes.org". bustimes.org. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

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