Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough (/ˈmɪdəlzbrə/ (listen) MID-əlz-brə) is a town in North Yorkshire, England. It is within the Borough of Middlesbrough, governed by the unitary Middlesbrough Council. The town is in Teesdale, near the North York Moors National Park.

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Middlesbrough
Town
From the top left; Tops: the skyline and town hall Middles: Newport Bridge, Transporter Bridge and Dock Clock Tower Bottom: Riverside Stadium
Middlesbrough Location within North Yorkshire
Population
• Council area (2022)	143,900[1]
• 2011 census area	174,700[2]
OS grid reference	NZ495204
• London	217 mi (349 km) S
Unitary authority	Middlesbrough
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Acklam Ayresome Berwick Hills Brambles Farm Coulby Newham Easterside Grove Hill Hemlington Linthorpe Marton Middlehaven Ormesby (part) Nunthorpe (parished) Pallister Stainton (parished) Saltersgill Thornton (parished) Thorntree Tollesby Whinney Banks
Post town	MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district	TS1 – TS9
Dialling code	01642
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.5767°N 1.2355°W / 54.5767; -1.2355

Until the early 1800s, the area was rural farming land. By 1830, a new industrial town and port started to be developed, driven by the coal and later ironworks. Steel production and ship building began in the late 1800s, remaining associated with the town until the post-industrial decline of the late twentieth century. Trade (notably through ports) and digital enterprise sectors contemporarily contribute to the local economy, Teesside University and Middlesbrough College to local education.

In 1853, it became a town. In 1889, the North Riding of Yorkshire became an administrative county, and the town's municipal borough also became a county borough. From 1968 until 1974, some boroughs and parishes both from the rest of the county and County Durham formed the County Borough of Teesside. Cleveland became a non-metropolitan county in 1974, and was abolished in 1996, leading to its current governance.

At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 174,700[2] while the borough had an estimated population of 143,926 in 2019, the 150th most populous district of England. The town’s population is larger than the borough's due to an area outside the council area known as Greater Eston. The Teesside built-up area surrounding and including the town had a population of 376,633.[3]