Middlesbrough acts as the city-centre for the Teesside area and the wider Tees Valley city region. With a population of 720,000 people, this is the largest conurbation in the country not served by a recognised city.
Little more than a village at the start of the 19th century, the town’s burgeoning iron and steel industry would see Gladstone dub it an ‘Infant Hercules’ , an engine room of the industrial revolution
The town plays a pivotal role at the commercial and administrative heart of Teesside and wider Tees Valley area.
Download: Middlesbrough's Bid for City Status
Middlesbrough's Bid for City Status
Special thanks to our corporate partners and to all of the talented photographers who submitted their work in aid of the bid for City Status.
Photographers
James Scanlan
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