West Lane, or Acklam Green, is an area in West Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is within the TS5 postcode area and bounded by Whinney Banks to the south; Newport, Ayresome and Gresham to the north; Linthorpe to the east and the A19 to the west. The area is in the Ayresome ward, along with Whinney Banks.

West Lane
West Lane Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	NZ483182
Unitary authority	Middlesbrough
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district	TS5
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.562489°N 1.259196°W / 54.562489; -1.259196

History

West Lane developed between Ayresome and Whinney Banks west of West Lane Hospital. The area became unpopular, by the late 1990s after the A19 and A66 was built to the west (between the Old River Tees and West Lane) and north (through old allotments). Over a third of the properties were void with the area becoming part of the New Deal for Communities (organised by the West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust) as a programme for housing renewal in 1999.[1]

Work then started on acquiring and demolishing 412 houses in preparation for redevelopment and (in 2004) Bellway Homes was appointed to lead the £50 million redevelopment. This involved the construction of 454 new houses and an attempted rename to Acklam Green, being off Acklam Road. West Lane Hospital was renamed in 2021 to Acklam Road Hospital.[2]

See also

• Micky Moody

References

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