Middlesbrough - Hartlepool  

Middlesbrough is a port and commercial centre located on the River Tees around three miles from the coast. The area is heavily industrialised along the riverside with oil refineries and chemical plants intermingled with wharfs and docks. 

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In the past Middlesbrough was a small fishing village on the banks of the River Tees until the railway came to the town and the process of industrialisation started the development that still dominate the area today. A feature of this industrial heritage is the famous Transporter Bridge which takes traffic across the River Tees.  The bridge is unique in design and utilises a large platform which is slung under the main bridge spars and travels on rails. Passengers and vehicles travel on the platform over the River Tees.

Middlesbrough was the birthplace of Captain James Cook, the voyager and explorer who travelled the world in the Bark Endeavour.  A replica of this ship can be seen moored on the quayside in Stockton-on-Tees a couple of miles upstream. His life is celebrated in the Captain cook Birthplace Museum in Middlesbrough.

Although Middlesbrough is not a seaside resort town nearby Hartlepool is; in the traditional seaside resort mould. Originally Hartlepool was a fishing port that has some strategic importance during the Napoleonic Wars and was attacked several times by the French at that time. 

Hartlepool Quay now boasts a reconstruction of how the town would have looked in its heyday. Within this development is the restored warship HMS Trincomalee.

'HMS Trincomalee 1817 is berthed afloat at Hartlepool Historic Quay in North East England, where a major award-winning restoration and interpretation of the Ship was completed in the early summer of 2001. HMS Trincomalee 1817 represents the pinnacle of the ship restorer's craft and visitors can now savour the unique atmosphere and experience of life on board the Classic British Frigate.'   

This is Hartlepool Guide.

                                       HMS Trincomalee                                                                     Hartlepool Quay

What to see around Middlesbrough 

Transporter Bridge Visitor Centre - Exhibits about the Transporter Bridge opened in 1911 - Ferry Road Middlesbrough TS2 1PL Tel: (01642) 247563/728162

Captain Cook Birthplace Museum - Stewart Park, Marton, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS7 8AT Tel: 01642 311211 

HMS Trincomalee Trust - See above - Jackson Dock, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 7AH Tel: 01429 223193

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