Middlehaven

The area formed what was the original town centre of Middlesbrough after its foundation around 1830, and was originally known as St. Hilda's after the parish church of the same name. The district was eventually separated from the southward expansion of the town by the railway in 1846. By the 1930s, the area had become slums, with overcrowding and high crime, and demolitions begun despite protests from residents. Later, in the 1950s, the clearance continued with sweeping demolitions, and the replacement of the remaining homes by low-rise flat blocks. Once again, beginning in 1969, there was another wave of demolition, this time replacing the 1950s flats with a suburban housing estate. In the regeneration, St. Hilda's church was demolished. In the following years, the site was levelled as new developments began in the area, and the area became known as Middlehaven. ==Middlesbrough Dock==

The original dock for the 1830 Port Darlington development became too small within a decade of opening, and needed expanding. From 1839–42 under William Cubitt and George Turnbull's plans, the dock was expanded, and formally opened on the 12 May 1842. The dock was designed to have an entrance channel from the River Tees to the 1:4.4 rectangular dock. The dock was expanded multiple times, growing from in 1869 to in 1902. In 1994, the training ship Tovarisch was impounded at the dock for being unseaworthy. While moored, the ship was crewed by cadets from the Kherson State Maritime Academy (with crews replaced twice yearly). The Ukrainian sailors played in the local five-a-side football league during this time. The ship left on 29 August 1999 for restoration in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, under funding from the Tall Ships Friends charity and the Ukrainian government. == Tees Valley Metro ==

Starting in 2006, Middlehaven was mentioned within the Tees Valley Metro scheme as a possible new station to better serve the Riverside Stadium. This was a plan to upgrade the Tees Valley Line and sections of the Esk Valley Line and Durham Coast Line to provide a faster and more frequent service across the North East of England. In the initial phases the services would have been heavy rail mostly along existing alignments with new additional infrastructure and rollingstock. The later phase would have introduced tram-trains to allow street running and further heavy rail extensions. As part of the scheme, Markse station would have received improved service to Darlington and Saltburn (1–2 to 4 trains per hour) and new rollingstock. Several stations eventually got their improvements and there is a possibility of improved rollingstock and services in the future which may affect Marske. == Gallery ==

File:New developments in Bridge Street West (3), Cleveland Police Headquarters - geograph.org.uk - 3247463.jpg|alt=|Cleveland Police headquarters File:CIAC Building, Middlehaven, Middlesbrough.jpg|alt=|Community in a Cube apartment building on the left and the docks in the foreground File:Temenos Sculpture, Middlesbrough (geograph 5807788).jpg|alt=|Temenos Sculpture, dock clock tower and Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge File:MFC Riverside Exterior.JPG|alt=|Riverside Stadium, home of Middlesbrough FC ==See also==