Teesside Park
Teesside Park retail complex, built on the site of the old Stockton Racecourse | |
Location | A66 near the A66/A19 interchange |
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Owner | British Land |
Teesside Park is a retail superstore and leisure development in Thornaby-on-Tees, built in 1988. Located just off the A66 near the A66/A19 interchange, it is split between the unity authorities of Stockton-on-Tees (retail park) and Middlesbrough (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 an eye-catching central building that was constructed in 2008.[1]
Site
The Stockton-on-Tees section is within the town of Thornaby-on-Tees and is all located within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. The driving force behind its growth was originally the Teesside Development Corporation[2] in the late 1980s when the two current unitary authorities were part of the county of Cleveland. The park's location is often incorrectly listed as Stockton-on-Tees (for the leisure park), Teesside, Cleveland or Middlesbrough (for the retail park).
It is built on the former site of Stockton Racecourse, hence many of the park's roads being named after famous racecourses such as Aintree and Goodwood. It is home to a number of retail chains and has a Morrisons supermarket. Its catchment area covers much of the Tees Valley and much of the north of North Yorkshire. 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 Greggs and Carphone Warehouse, which moved from an outer building. The two new units Officially opened in August 2012.
Transport
Teesside Park is now served by Arriva services S1 and S2 which both run half hourly on Saturdays only.
It is also a short walk from the Stagecoach services 36, 37, and 38 which run to Stockton, Norton and Hartlepool Marina.
Retail park
Current places to eat in/out
- Chiquito
- Costa Coffee (2, one inside Next)
- Frankie & Benny's
- Greggs
- KFC
- McDonald's
- Nandos
- Pizza Express
- T.G.I. Friday's
- Various Food Trucks
Current retailers
- Argos
- Asda Living
- Barker and Stonehouse
- Boots
- Carphone Warehouse
- Charles Clinkards
- Clarks
- Clintons
- Currys PC World (dual branded)
- DFS Furniture
- EE
- Footasylum
- GAME
- H&M
- Hobbycraft
- Holland and Barrett
- Hotel Chocolat
- JD Sports
- Laura Ashley
- Mamas & Papas
- Marks and Spencer
- Morrisons
- Moss Bros
- Mothercare
- New Look
- Next
- Pandora (jewelry)
- Office Outlet (was Staples)
- O2
- Outfit(Outfit includes Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Evans, Topman, Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Wallis, Oasis, Warehouse and Principles)
- Paperchase
- Pets at Home
- River Island
- Schuh
- Sofology
- Sports Direct
- Superdrug
- Thomas Cook
- Thorntons
- TK Maxx
- TUI
- USC
- WHSmith.
Previous Retailers and places to eat in/out
- Bank Fashion
- Birthdays (retailer)
- Brantano
- Aldi
- Allders
- Benson for Beds
- Betta Living
- Borders
- Carpet Right
- Comet
- Deichmann
- Going Places
- Homebase
- HMV
- Instore
- JJB Sports
- Lily and Skinner
- Maplin Electronics
- Miller Brothers
- Northern Electric
- Poundstretcher
- Rosebys
- Simply Be / Jacamo
- Storey Carpets.
- Starbucks Coffee
- Thorntons Chocolate
- Toys "R" Us
Leisure park
- Burger King
- Rainbow Casino (Closed 26 September 2016)
- Hollywood Bowl
- Imperial City
- Pizza Hut
- Showcase Cinemas.
References
- ↑ "Teesside Park's Designer Loo". BBC Tees. bbc.co.uk. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
- ↑ Fred Robinson; Keith Shaw; Marty Lawrence (February 1994), "Urban development corporations and the creation of employment: An evaluation of Tyne & Wear and Teesside development corporations", Local Economy, Routledge, 8, Issue 4: 326–337