Ironops
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It would attract 2m visitors a year.We need a massive ski slope.
It would attract 2m visitors a year.We need a massive ski slope.
If there's money to be made, then get Sir Ben on the jobWe need a massive ski slope.
Not sure about that list.7th biggest urban conurbation in the country, time to pool our resources, speak with one voice, and get proper representation and financing as a new government comes in. A challange to the naysayers, what reason is there to keep them separate smaller administrative units?
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You are forgetting the Tees is still very much a working river at Middlesbrough - A V Dawson Port of Middlesbrough and across the Tees is Wilton Engineering are both extremely busy industrial complexes.Stockton makes a much better use of the Tees than Middlesbrough. Plus SBC area is already Stockton, Billingham, Thornaby, Norton and Yarm. Stockton is more historic and with the changes on the High Street certainly more progressive thinking.
Stockton-on-Tees to become a city instead!
Perhaps we could call it Cleveland and have a County Council.Rather like "Medway" we should merge Middlesbrough, Stockton, Billingham into one conurbation. Medway is made up of Gillingham, Strood, Chatham, and Rochester and is much smaller than the main Teesside conurbations.
We need to get the infrastructure and transport links right, get it properly zoned and pool resources across the area. These areas need to work together not against each other.
But surely you are a Middlesbrough FC fan rather than Stockton Town.Fob Middlesbrough off. To many failed attempts.
Focus on Stockton attaining City status as it's by far the more progressive of the two right now.
We had one on Eston Hills til it caught fire.We need a massive ski slope.
I'd agree because if we don't we just get lost between the M62 corridor and Newcastle.7th biggest urban conurbation in the country, time to pool our resources, speak with one voice, and get proper representation and financing as a new government comes in. A challange to the naysayers, what reason is there to keep them separate smaller administrative units?
List of primary urban areas in England by population - Wikipedia
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Hasn't Houchen already done that?We need to get the infrastructure and transport links right, get it properly zoned and pool resources across the area. These areas need to work together not against each other.
Meant to mention Teesville and Normanby..takes it 175k...not trying to be pedantic.In the 2021 census:
Middlesbrough - 143,900
Southbank - 5,433
Eston - 7,419
Grangetown - 6,388
Total - 163,140
Reading, Luton, Bolton, Swindon, Northampton and a load of other towns would still be bigger.
I presume that there are plenty of outlying areas to other towns like Reading that could be lumped in to make them bigger than a Greater Middlesbrough too.
They're not in Middlesbrough, they just share a local authority, surely?Meant to mention Teesville and Normanby..takes it 175k...not trying to be pedantic.
Its alright saying that, but I have family from Thornaby and Yarm and they get a bit tetchy when you say they are Stockton...they keep threatening to leave and its partnership of convenience being part of the council boundary.Stockton makes a much better use of the Tees than Middlesbrough. Plus SBC area is already Stockton, Billingham, Thornaby, Norton and Yarm. Stockton is more historic and with the changes on the High Street certainly more progressive thinking.
Stockton-on-Tees to become a city instead!
Unofficial Middlesbrough that come under Redcar and Cleveland.They're not in Middlesbrough, they just share a local authority, surely?
Doncaster recently became a city