South Bank, Middlesbrough

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South Bank
South Bank shown within North Yorkshire
Population	7,800
OS grid reference	NZ535205
Unitary authority	Redcar and Cleveland
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district	TS6
Dialling code	01642
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
European Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Redcar
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°35′N 1°10′W / 54.58, -1.17

South Bank is a small town in North Yorkshire and part of the Middlesbrough Urban area that lies 2.3 miles from the centre, in North East England. As the name suggests, it lies on the south bank of the River Tees. Although it is part of the Middlesbrough conurbation, it is a ward of Redcar and Cleveland and is within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It has a population of approximately 7,800 residents. It is served by South Bank railway station.

South Bank has a long history of steelmaking in the companies Bolckow and Vaughan and Dorman Long and shipbuilding in the famous Smiths Dock Company.

It was historically part of the parish of Eston and formed part of the Middlesbrough constituency from 1867 until 1918.

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2 Notable people
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[edit] Shipbuilding

In 1907 Smiths Dock Company, the oldest firm of Tyneside shipbuilders, set up a Teesside operation at South Bank.

South Bank's shipbuilding era came to an end on 15 October 1986, when the last ship was launched from Smith's Dock. Some traditions were revived when the Dock was reborn as Tees Offshore Base in 1988 and became home to a range of offshore service industry companies including Tees Dockyard, bought out by Cammell Laird in 1998. However, On 15 April 2001, Cammell Laird closed doors at its ship repair yard for the last time.