Whinney Banks is an area in west

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. The area is on the Old

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's southern banks, the river's main flow was redirected with the Mandale Cut, the A19 is between the old river and the area. It is within the TS5

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and a part of the Ayresome ward, along with

West Lane West Lane, or Acklam Green, is an area in West Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is within the TS5 postcode area and bounded by Whinney Banks to the south; Newport, Ayresome and Gresham to the north; Linthorpe to the east and the A19 ...

History

Whinney Banks was originally of around 550 houses, built in the 1930s and 1940s, forming part of a wider expanse of social housing in west Middlesbrough.

Ayresome ward

The Ayresome Ward is smaller than it originally was: it covered the current Ayresome ward, Newport ward and north and some of south Linthorpe ward, including the cemetery and the west of Linthorpe Road from Parliament Road to St. Barnabas Road. Ayresome itself is in the current Newport Road. North of the current ward has seen most re-development as Acklam Green and has previously been based off and called

; the West Lane Hospital, as the main drive for the name's use in the area, was renamed Acklam Road Hospital in 2021. A road with the local park on the other side of the road called Westbourne Park. The majority of shops near Saint Francis which serve Whinney Banks and shops on West Lane are in the Linthorpe ward.

Gallery

File:Pond, Whinney Banks - geograph.org.uk - 316776.jpg, Whinney Banks Pond File:Open Space, Whinney Banks - geograph.org.uk - 80115.jpg, North part of Whinney Banks File:Stainsby Road, Middlesbrough (geograph 6081378).jpg, Stainsby Road

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National Statistics
Areas within Middlesbrough {{Middlesbrough-geo-stub