| Middlesbrough | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
| |
.svg)  Middlesbrough Location within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | |
| • Borough (2022) | 148,285 |
| • Built-up area (2021) | 148,215[1] |
| OS grid reference | NZ495204 |
| • London | 217 mi (349 km) S |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Areas of the town | |
| Post town | MIDDLESBROUGH |
| Postcode district | TS1 – TS9 |
| Dialling code | 01642 |
| Police | Cleveland |
| Fire | Cleveland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | middlesbrough |
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Middlesbrough (/ˈmɪdəlzbrə/ MID-əlz-brə), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside built-up area and the Tees Valley. It is located 41 miles (66 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne, 43 miles (69 km) north of York, 66 miles (106 km) north-west of Leeds, and 217 miles (349 km) north of London. With a population of 148,215[1] recorded in 2021, Middlesbrough is one of the largest settlements in North East England.
A hamlet surrounded by rural farmland until the expansion of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1830, Middlesbrough experienced booms in heavy industry during the 19th century. The town experienced deindustrialisation beginning in the late 20th century.
Part of Yorkshire since before the Domesday Book, Middlesbrough became a town with a municipal borough in 1853. When Yorkshire was split into its ancient ridings in 1889, Middlesbrough was large enough to become a county borough, independent from the then new North Riding County Council. In 1968, the Borough of Middlesbrough was merged into the County Borough of Teesside. Six years later in 1974, a borough with the town's name was re-established within the new county of Cleveland. The new county was abolished in 1996, and since then the town's borough has had unitary authority status within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. Since 2016, Middlesbrough has had a representative seat on the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA).
- ^ a b "Figure 1: Explore population characteristics of individual BUAs". Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2021.