Teesside_Park Knowpia

Teesside Park
	Teesside Park retail complex, built on the site of the old Stockton Racecourse
Location	A66 near the A66/A19 interchange
Address	Goodwood Square, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 7BT
Owner	British Land (Marylebone, City of Westminster)

Teesside Park is a retail and leisure park in Thornaby-on-Tees, built in 1988. Located just off the A66 near the A66/A19 interchange, it is split between the unitary 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.^[1] The development has a central building that was constructed in 2008.^[2]

Site edit

the Old-River-Tees Authority border bridge crossing from shopping park (Borough of Stockton-on-Tees) to leisure park (Middlesbrough)

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^[3] in the late 1980s when the two current unitary authorities were part of the county Cleveland.

It is built on the former site of Stockton Racecourse: multiple roads in the park 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 Market Cross Jewellers, which was formerly occupied by The Carphone Warehouse. The two new units officially opened in August 2012.

Transport edit

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.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Leisure Park edit

The leisure park area is named Aintree Oval. The units contain:

Burger King
Hollywood Bowl
Imperial City Oriental Buffet (Closed 2019)^[7]
Pizza Hut
Showcase Cinema De Lux
Amazing Grace! church^[8]
Rainbow Gala Casino (Closed 26 September 2016)
The Academy bar (Closed 2000)
Millennium Night Club (Closed 2002)^[9]

A free bus service used to run from Albert Road, Middlesbrough to the leisure park in order to supply the Millenium Night Club and The Academy bar with customers.^[10]

Shopping park edit

JD Sports
Boots
Hotel Chocolat
Nando's
Currys
TK Maxx
Pro Cook
Marks and Spencer
Next
Costa Coffee

Central area edit

Morrisons
B&M
McDonald's
Costa Coffe (drive thru)

North side of the park edit

Barker and Stonehouse
TGI Friday's
Five Guys
Tim Hortons

References edit

^ "Lockdown boundary quirk means some can meet mates at Teesside Park McDonald's – but not Burger King". Evening Gazette. teessidelive.co.uk. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Teesside Park's Designer Loo". BBC Tees. bbc.co.uk. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
^ 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, 8 (4), Routledge: 326–337, doi:10.1080/02690949408726207
^ Huntley, David (14 February 2019). "New bus service will run direct to Teesside Park". Gazette Live. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ Corking, Graham (22 July 2016). "New Teesside Park bus services from Middlesbrough and Stockton". Gazette Live. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Teesside Park – bustimes.org". bustimes.org. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ O'Leary, Alex (24 October 2023). "Hollywood Bowl confirms Teesside Park expansion and mini-golf course". Teesside Live. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ Price, Kelley (10 September 2019). "Plans drawn up to transform former casino at Teesside Park". Teesside Live. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ O'Leary, Alex; Updated (18 October 2023). "Gym operator in talks to take over former Millennium nightclub". Teesside Live. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^ Barton, Phoebe (1 October 2022). "Lost Teesside nightclub 'loved' for its 'cracking nights' and 'free bus'". Teesside Live. Retrieved 14 March 2024.