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 and Ceremonial County of North Yorkshire, 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.
Advance House, St. Mark's Court – housing Stockton Probation, and the Commission for Social Care InspectionAlexander's Car ShowroomBarclaycard House, Massey Road – housing BarclaycardBarclays House, Sabatier Close – housing BarclaysCamden House, Prince's Wharf / Council of Europe Boulevard – housing CEMEX and Dickinson DeesCavendish House, Prince's Wharf / Council of Europe Boulevard – housing the Tees Valley Combined Authority, Tees Valley Unlimited LEP and Cubic Transportation Systems. Once housing One NorthEast and Tees Valley Regeneration development agenciesChristine House, Sorbonne Close – housing Turner and Townsend, TABS Recruitment, Middlesbrough RecruitmentChurchill House, Pearson Court, Pearson Way – formally housing Churchill InsuranceClearwater House, Columbia Drive – housing Santander's Geoban formerly Abbey mortgage operationsCrutes House, Fudan Way – housing Crutes Law Firm and accountants Tait WalkerDunedin House, Columbia Drive – housing Standard Life, Atkins, Halcrow Group Limited, Choice Holidays, and Energy Solutions InternationalEndeavour House, St. Mark's Court – housing the Endeavour Housing Association and Teesdale Housing AssociationFlorence House, Pearson Court, Pearson Way – housing Terra Nitrogen (UK) LimitedGeorge Stephenson House, St Mark's Court – housing HM Revenue and CustomsKvaernerOBC House, Sabatier Close – housing OBC Shipping LtdPrimecare – Cleveland, Massey RoadPetroplus in St. Mark's CourtProgress House, Fudan Way – housing the White Young Green GroupPX House, Westpoint Road – housing PX Ltd (formerly part of Enron) a provider of operations, management and maintenance solutionsRadio House, Yale Crescent, student accommodation, formerly TFM (radio) and Magic 1170Richard House, Sorbonne Close – housing Ofsted, TJ Hazel (Engineering Consultants) Ltd., Public Lending Right and Safe in Tees Valley Ltd.Robert House, Westpoint Road / Merchants Wharf – housing Sanderson Weatherall, the Co-op Insurance Society and Barwick SystemsSt. Mark's House, St. Mark's Court – housing the DVLA, the Valuation Office Agency and the Insolvency ServiceSwan House, Westpoint Road – housing the Environment AgencySwiftcover, Fudan WayTeesdale House, Westpoint Road – housing the North East NHS Strategic Health AuthorityVAI House, Fudan Way – housing Siemens VAI (UK)Victoria House, Pearson Way – housing the stockbrokers GerrardWestminster House, St. Mark's Court – housing Endeavour Partnerships and LJJ Contractors.Educational institutionsDurham University – Queen's CampusJohn Snow College, Sorbonne CloseStephenson College, East DriveWolfson Research Institute, East DriveStockton Riverside College, Harvard Avenue.Shops and servicesSainsburys Local, Yale CrescentTeesdale Children's Day Nursery, Yale Crescent.Public housesThe Dubliners – Bridge Street.Residential and nursing homesAlison House Residential Care Home, Fudan WayKirkdale Nursing Home, Radcliffe CrescentTeesdale Lodge Nursing Home, Radcliffe Crescent.Residential PropertiesAnchorage MewsClaremont Court, Stanford CloseGrosvenor House, Sorbonne CloseHarriet House, Sorbonne CloseHelen House, Sorbonne CloseRochester Court, Stanford CloseThe Waterside, Sorbonne CloseTrinity Mews.RoadsChapel StreetClaremont CourtColumbia DriveCouncil of Europe BoulevardEast DriveFudan WayHarvard AvenueMassey RoadPearson WayPrinceton DriveRadcliffe CrescentSabatier CloseSorbonne CloseSt. Mark's CourtStanford CloseStation StreetTeesdale BoulevardTrinity MewsUniversity BoulevardWestpoint RoadYale Crescent.BridgesTeesquay Millennium FootbridgePrincess of Wales BridgeInfinity Bridge.Water featuresMerchants WharfPrince's WharfSt. Mark's Basin south east of the Teesquay Millennium Bridge.In 1987, after Head Wrightsons' Teesdale Works closed and the site had been cleared, 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 poignantly termed her "Walk in the Wilderness".
