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Formerly known as “Tees Tilery”, The area was also known by the nickname of “Slaggy Island” as it was surrounded by slag heaps. The area has a long history of steelmaking and shipbuilding in the Smiths Dock Company.

Shipbuilding

Smiths Dock Company set up part of its business on the River Tees at South Bank in 1907. Smith’s Dock prepared the design of the Flower-class corvette, an anti-submarine convoy escort of the Second World War. In 1966, the company completed the first British-built and owned container ship, Manchester Challenge of 12,039 gross register tons.

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South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland’s information audio spots:

South Bank F.C. South Bank F.C. were a football club based near Middlesbrough, England. The club claimed to have been founded in 1868, making them one of the oldest football clubs in England.

Thorntree Thorntree is a housing estate in east Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It was built in the late 1940s, in the lands of the former Thorntree Farm. The estate was identified as the 3rd most deprived (out of 8,414) housing ward in England, in 2000.

Grangetown, North Yorkshire Grangetown is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of central Middlesbrough and 4 miles (6.4 km) from central Redcar. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the other centres of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and Ormesby.

Thor Cogeneration Power Station Thor Cogeneration is a planned, but undeveloped, gas-fired cogeneration plant. It was to be built on Seal Sands near Billingham, in County Durham, North East England.

Seal Sands Power Station Seal Sands Power Station is a gas-fired gas turbine power station situated on the River Tees at Seal Sands near Billingham, in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which is part of County Durham, North East England.

North Ormesby North Ormesby is situated to the south of the River Tees, the A66 and adjacent to the Cargo Fleet and South Bank areas of Middlesbrough. The area became its own ward in 2015. The Teesdale Way long distance trail passes just to the north of the area.

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