Teesside Park is a retail and leisure park in

Thornaby-on-Tees Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in t ...

, built in 1988. Located just off the A66 near the A66/ A19 interchange, it is split between the

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of Stockton-on-Tees (retail park) and

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(leisure park) with the line of the Old River Tees, which runs down the middle of the development, forming the boundary between the two authorities. The development has a central building that was constructed in 2008.

Site

The Stockton-on-Tees section is within the town of

and is all located within the ceremonial county of

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. The driving force behind its growth was originally the

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in the late 1980s when the two current unitary authorities were part of the county Cleveland. It is built on the former site o
Stockton Racecourse
multiple roads in the park being named after famous racecourses such as

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and Goodwood. It is home to a number of retail chains and has a

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supermarket. Its catchment area covers much of the

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and much of the north of

. There is a new development in the central car park with two new inner buildings. Construction started in March 2012. The two new units are occupied by

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and

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, which moved from an outer building. The two new units officially opened in August 2012.

Transport

Teesside Park is served by Arriva bus services between Stockton and Middlesbrough. The nearest railway station is , where some of the services call at on their way to and from Stockton.

Leisure park

* Burger King * Rainbow Casino (Closed 26 September 2016) * Hollywood Bowl *

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References

External links

Teesside Shopping Park

{{Shopping centres in Northeast England Places in the Tees Valley Middlesbrough Shopping centres in North Yorkshire Retail parks in the United Kingdom Thornaby-on-Tees Shopping malls established in 1988 1988 establishments in England