Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough, colloquially known as Boro, is a port town and unitary authority of North Yorkshire, located in North East England.
Middlesbrough, colloquially known as Boro, is a port town and unitary authority of North Yorkshire, located in North East England. Situated on the southern bank of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Borough of Middlesbrough, the Teesside built-up area and the Tees Valley. The town is governed by the Middlesbrough Council unitary authority, which is divided into twenty wards, as part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority along with Darlington, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. In 2021, it had a population of 148,215.
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Worth seeing in and around Middlesbrough
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.
- 01Riverside Stadium
The Riverside Stadium is a football stadium in Middlesbrough, England, which has been the home of Middlesbrough since its opening in 1995. It has an all-seated capacity of 33,746, although provisional planning permission is in place to expand to 42,000 if required.
1.2 km · association football stadium in Middlesbrough · Wikipedia - 02Teesside 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.
700 m · public university in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge
The Tees Transporter Bridge, also referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge or, locally, as The Transporter, is a bridge over the River Tees in northern England. The northern side is in Port Clarence and the southern side is in Middlesbrough.
1 km · transporter bridge in northeast England · Wikipedia - 04Middlesbrough 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.
300 m · art Museum in Middlesbrough, England · Wikipedia - 05ARC Theatre & Arts Centre
ARC Stockton Arts Centre is a multi-purpose arts centre embracing cinema, theatre, dance and music. It has five floors offering four venues: two theatres, a mixed venue called The Point, and a cinema.
5.3 km · arts centre and theatre in Stockton-on-Tees, England · Wikipedia - 06Globe Theatre
The Globe is a Grade II listed Art Deco theatre, in Stockton-on-Tees, England.
5.1 km · theatre and cinema in Stockton-on-Tees, England · Wikipedia - 07Dorman 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.
1.4 km · museum in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Sacred 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.
1.5 km · grade II listed catholic church in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Tees 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.
3.5 km · dam in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. It was built in 1842 and designed by Augustus Pugin in the Gothic Revival style.
5 km · church building in Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01MIMA
- 02Dorman Museum
Typical old-style museum founded in 1904, where stuffed animals regard you through reproachful glass eyes.
- 03Tees Transporter Bridge
The Tees ferry was too slow but a conventional bridge might impede sea-going vessels.
- 04Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
Museum about explorer James Cook (1728-1779), who was born here, proved unsuitable as a shop assistant, and moved to Whitby where he took up his maritime career.
- 05Ormesby Hall
Church Lane, Ormesby TS3 0SR, ormesbyhall@nationaltrust.org.uk.
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Things to do
What's on? Read Northern Echo or The Gazette. Cinema: Cineworld is on the leisure park on Marton Road, east side of town centre. Showcase is west by the A66 / A19 intersection, see Stockton-on-Tees#Do.
- 01Middlesbrough Town Hall
This hosts concerts and other live performances.
- 02Middlesbrough Theatre
This has mainstream rep theatre and live music events.
- 03Middlesbrough FC
"The Boro" play soccer in the Championship, England's second tier.
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Where to eat
The parmo is a local delicacy comprising breaded chicken (or less often pork) topped with cheese and béchamel sauce, plus other toppings on request. It's classic post-pub food in these parts. The main drag for cheap eats is along Linthorpe Road, with others round the bus station and Leisure Park. Jamals, 92 Corporation Rd TS1 2RB (by Leisure Park),. Sun Tue-Thu 5:30-10PM, Fri Sat 5:30-11PM.
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Getting to Middlesbrough
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 59 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 84 km · Manchester (MAN), 153 km
- Stations
- Middlesbrough railway station, 300 m · Billingham railway station, 4.3 km · Stockton railway station, 5.4 km · South Bank railway station, 3.9 km · Gypsy Lane railway station, 6 km
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Middlesbrough50 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Middlesbrough89 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £10–14
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Middlesbrough138 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £16–22
- 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 Middlesbrough
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 Middlesbrough. 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 Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is 50 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Thornaby-on-Teestown in North Yorkshire, England5.1 km
- Martonsuburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England4.3 km
- South Banksuburb of Middlesbrough, England4.2 km
- Tees Valleyurbanised City Region in the north east of England3.4 km
- Acklamsuburb in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK4 km
- Ormesbyvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK4.6 km