Acklam
Acklam is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in Middlesbrough, Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.
Acklam is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in Middlesbrough, Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is believed that the settlement is Anglo-Saxon in origin, the name is Old English for "place at the oak clearings" or "place of oaks". Acklam was an ancient parish, formerly known as West Acklam to distinguish it from Acklam in Ryedale. At the 2011 census, the Acklam Ward had a population of 6,027. It is in the TS5 postcode area with Ayresome, Brookfield, Linthorpe, parts of Newport and Whinney Banks.
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Worth seeing in and around Acklam
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Teesside University
Teesside University is a public university with its main campus in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire in North East England. It was officially opened as Constantine Technical College in 1930, before becoming a polytechnic in 1969, and finally granted university status in 1992 by the Privy Council.
3.1 km · public university in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Middlesbrough Cathedral
Saint Mary's Cathedral, also known as Middlesbrough Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, England. It is the see of the Bishop of Middlesbrough, who is ordinary of the Diocese of Middlesbrough in the Province of Liverpool.
3.4 km · Catholic cathedral in England · Wikipedia - 03Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
MIMA, or Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, is a contemporary art gallery based in the centre of Middlesbrough, England. The gallery was formally launched on Sunday, 27 January 2007; since 2014, it has been part of Teesside University.
3.6 km · art Museum in Middlesbrough, England · Wikipedia - 04Sacred Heart Church, Middlesbrough
Sacred Heart Church formerly the Church of Sacred Heart and St Philomena is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the town centre of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. It was built from 1930 to 1932 and is based on the design of St Andrew's Abbey in Bruges, Belgium.
2.3 km · grade II listed catholic church in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Dorman Museum
Dorman Museum is a local and social history museum on the town centre side of Albert Park, Linthorpe in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of two museums operated by the local borough council, along with the Captain Cook birthplace in Stewart Park.
2.4 km · museum in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Tees Barrage
The Tees Barrage is a barrage and road bridge across the River Tees, Northern England, just upriver of Blue House Point and is used to control the flow of the river, preventing flooding and the effects of tidal change. It is between the towns of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby, road access is only by the latter with limited road access to the Tees's north bank.
3.2 km · dam in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Teesside Combined Court Centre
The Teesside Combined Court Centre is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, England.
3.7 km · judicial building in Middlebrough, England · Wikipedia - 08Jamia Masjid Al-Madina, Middlesbrough
The Jamia Masjid Al-Madina is a mosque on Waterloo Road in Middlesbrough. The building was originally built as the Saint Michael and All Angels church of the Church of England in 1900.
3 km · mosque in Middlesbrough, England · Wikipedia - 09The Cenotaph, Middlesbrough
The Middlesbrough Cenotaph is a war memorial situated in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is located just off Linthorpe Road outside the entrance gates to Albert Park in front of the Dorman Museum.
2.4 km · grade II listed war memorial in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Middlesbrough Town Hall
Middlesbrough Town Hall is in Albert Road in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · municipal building in North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Acklam
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 62 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 80 km · Manchester (MAN), 149 km
- Stations
- Marton railway station, 3.4 km · James Cook University Hospital railway station, 2.9 km · Thornaby railway station, 3.6 km · Middlesbrough bus station, 3.6 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Acklam115 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–18
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Acklam56 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £6–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Acklam113 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £13–17
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Acklam
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Acklam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMiddlesbrough is a busy commercial port but has no ferry service.
- Get inThe nearest ferry ports are Port of Tyne downriver from Newcastle (from IJmuiden near Amsterdam) and Hull (from Rotterdam).
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Next door to Acklam
Acklam is 53 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Middlesbroughtown in North Yorkshire, north-east England3.5 km
- Thornaby-on-Teestown in North Yorkshire, England3.7 km
- Martonsuburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England2.5 km
- Maltbyvillage and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK4 km
- Stainton and Thorntoncivil parish in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England2.8 km
- Staintonvillage in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK2.6 km