Teesdale Business Park

Coordinates: 54°33′41″N 1°18′13″W / 54.56139°N 1.30361°W

Teesdale Business Park

Teesside Development Corporation statue at the entrance to Teesdale Business Park
Type Business park
Location Thornaby-on-Tees
Coordinates 54°33′41″N 1°18′13″W / 54.56139°N 1.30361°W

Teesdale Business Park is a major business park on the former site of Head Wrightsons' Teesdale works in Thornaby-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, England. The park was redeveloped by the Teesside Development Corporation. The area is immediately north of Thornaby railway station, bounded by the River Tees and the Tees Valley Line (railway line). It is a short distance from Stockton-on-Tees town centre and is connected to Stockton via the Victoria Bridge, Teesquay Millennium Bridge footbridge, Princess of Wales Bridge and Infinity Bridge footbridge.

Buildings and organisations

The area consists of the following buildings, businesses and organisations.

Educational institutions
Shops and services
Public houses
Residential and nursing homes
Residential Properties
Roads
Bridges
Water features

Historic note

In 1987 after Head Wrightsons' Teesdale Works closed and the site was cleared the then prime minister Margaret Thatcher visited the site as part of her visit to Teesside to open the Teesside Development Corporation and made what has been termed, her Walk in the Wilderness.[1]

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References

  1. Hewison, Fergus (13 September 2007). "The Thatcher confrontation...". BBC news. Retrieved 3 February 2011.; "She brought us back from the dead". The Northern Echo. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2011.