Teesville is an area in the borough of

Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a borough with unitary authority status in North Yorkshire, England. Its main settlements are Redcar, South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton. Th ...

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, England. A ward covering the area had a population of 6,517 at the 2011 census. It is part of

Greater Eston Greater Eston is an unparished area in the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The name is used by the borough's council to describe the centres of Eston, Grangetown, Normanby, Ormesby, South Bank and Teesville. It had ...

, which includes the area and the settlements of

Eston Eston is a Village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The ward covering the area (as well as Lackenby, Lazenby and Wilton) had a population of 7,005 at the 2011 census. It is part of Greater Eston, which includ ...

, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and part of

Ormesby Ormesby is an area which is split between Borough of Middlesbrough and Borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Middlesbrough part of the Teesside built up area. Spencer Beck to the east and the B1380 road to ...

Politics

Teesville is part of the Redcar constituency in the

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2015 local elections results

In the 2015 local elections, the following members were returned to

Borough Council:

Municipal buildings

Redcar and Cleveland Town Hall during demolition

The town hall of Teesville was used by the

Eston Urban District Greater Eston is an unparished area in the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The name is used by the borough's council to describe the centres of Eston, Grangetown, Normanby, Ormesby, South Bank and Teesville. It had ...

council from 1961 to 1968. When the County Borough of Teesside was abolished in 1974, the Borough of Langbaurgh, as part of the secord tier of local government within

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, used the town hall for the borough. The borough changed its name in 1988 to Langbaurgh-on-Tees and, as a

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, after the abolition of Cleveland County, to

in 1996. The building departed from the

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of town halls in the area, having a modern 1960's design. The town hall closure also provided an environmental boost, as it was the authority's worst-performing building for carbon dioxide emissions. It was demolished in 2012; civic facilities were relocated nearby. The political meetings took place at Inspire 2 Learn, formerly Eston's City Learning Centre, also in Teesville, on Normanby Road. The leader and deputy leader's office, together with offices for political groups, were temporarily moved there until new facilities become available within the £31 million Redcar Leisure & Community Heart scheme. In addition, the mayor's office was temporarily relocated to Redcar's Kirkleatham Museum, before also switching to Redcar centre in 2013.

Schools

Hillsview Academy Outwood Academy Normanby (formerly Hillsview Academy) is a secondary school with academy status, located in the Teesville suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It has a mixed intake of boys and girls ages 11–18, with 600 pupils ...

is a secondary school on the same site as the civic centre. The school was formed from a merger of two secondary schools on the same site –

Gillbrook Academy Gillbrook Academy (formerly ''Gillbrook College'') was a mixed academy and sixth form in Teesville, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire. It merged with neighbouring Eston Park Academy in September 2014 and now forms part of a new single Hil ...

(which opened in 1955 as Eston Grammar School, but moved into a new building in 2008 which is where the school is now) and Eston Park Academy. Teesville Primary School. Is an amalgamation of two separate schools, one providing for EYFS and Key Stage 1, and a separate Junior School catering for Key Stage 2. The new EYFS to KS2 school was devised as an extension of the Ofsted "outstanding" Teesville Infants School. The present school opened in 2014 and a short Oftsed inspection in 2019 graded it as a "Good" school, stating : "Teesville Primary School is a happy, vibrant community. The pupils are confident, enthusiastic and keen to learn. The vast majority enjoy coming to school. They work well together. They are well-mannered and respectful. You are clear with parents and pupils about the importance of good attendance. You celebrate attendance with pupils and have recently begun to work more closely with parents and carers to ensure that pupils attend school regularly. However, the proportion of pupils who are regularly absent from school is above the national average. Leaders need to continue to challenge and support parents to improve this.

Churches

The Catholic parish of St Andrew was formed in 1962. The parish church, built by architect Frank Swainston, and church hall stand together on Fabian Road. St George's Church is nearby and was also built in the 1960s. It shows a triangular design with a long sloping roof almost to the ground on one side. It forms half of the team parish of two Anglican churches – the other being the much more traditionally designed Christ Church, in

Nearby places

A small brick building next to the Eston Sports Academy has a history unknown to most locals. It was originally the North Riding of Yorkshire's Grangetown Area Control, a communications centre during the Cold War and opened in 1954. The control was closed in 1968 after the Civil Defence Corps was disbanded. In the 1980s the building was not re-used; a room in the

(then Langbaurgh) Town Hall was used instead.Site Name: Eston – Grangetown Area Control
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Photos of Teesville

File:Eston Hotel Public House.jpg, The Eston Hotel is the only pub in Teesville. File:Eston Park School.jpg, Eston Park School, in 2010, was under threat of closure. File:Teesville Infant School 2.jpg, The now demolished Teesville Infant School is unusual in Redcar and Cleveland by being a separate infant school, as opposed to a full primary school. File:St Georges CofE Church in Teesville.jpg, St George's Church, Teesville, works with its team parish of Christ Church,

. File:St Andrews Catholic Church in Teesville.jpg, St Andrew's Church on Fabian Road, Teesville, is a Catholic church. File:Gilbrook College 1.jpg, Gilbrook College, in 2010, occupied a 'Building Schools for the Future' building. File:Gilbrook College 2.jpg, Gilbrook College, in 2010, seen from the side. File:James Finegan Municipal Hall.jpg, The now demolished James Finegan Municipal Hall, Teesville, - once home of the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe-organ.

References

{{Redcar and Cleveland Places in the Tees Valley Middlesbrough Redcar and Cleveland Greater Eston Areas within Middlesbrough