Local Interests

Due to the nature of its diverse landscape, The Tees Valley offers challenges to those who seek the thrill of the great outdoors and simple pleasures for the easily contented. For the more adventurous there are many miles of picturesque countryside, which every year attracts walkers of all ages, as does the prospect of white water rafting at the Tees Barrage.

Being a coastal region, water sports abound. There’s sailing at Castlegate Quay, diving at Redcar

and Hartlepool

and surfing the waves at internationally acclaimed Saltburn.

Tees Valley also forms part of the Captain Cook Country Tour.

You can follow the early life of Captain Cook at first hand, by travelling around the places where he spent his youth.

Captain Cook Country stretches from the historic port of Whitby heading north along miles of unspoilt heritage coastline

to maritime Hartlepool.

Visit the Cook Birthplace Museum in Middlesborough followed by a trip to Stockton and the full sized replica of Cook’s ship HM Bark Endeavour’ moored on the River Tees. Use the website to help plan your itinerary

The Tees Valley is home throughout the year to a diverse programme of exhibitions and events. Each of the major centres host a number of festivals ranging from one of the best free music festivals, Middlesbrough Music Live staged on May Bank Holiday to the groundbreaking Youth Arts Festival held each June in Hartlepool. Stockton plays host to the International Riverside festival, which brings the worlds most thrilling entertainers to our local stage.

With a host of other festivals and celebrations, both large and small, there is sure to be something to see when you visit.