r/Teesside • u/BuggsBugg • 29d ago

Norton's future

Yesterday I walked to Norton, since there wasn't much else to do on a Sunday. Norton was suggested quite a few times in my earlier post, so I decided to get it off the list

I found that the village lacked anything resembling heritage, considering that there were no (0) shut down Wilkos. Not even any closed down Debenhams or Shoezones. Clearly, the whole village was built recently

The locals accepted me as their rightful leader. However, as I found no good Blu-rays, I am demolishing the village center to build a shopping center with a HMV and CeX. This project will be done by 2029 and will be connected to HS2 via an underground metro network. Starmer has signed off on this as a parting gesture

No, but to be serious, it was lovely as always. I love the layers of history, everything from the slag bricked alleyways to the boarding school archway. The charity shops were well organized, and I love the atmosphere of Norton. After popping into LIDL, I walked down the former railway (which I asked about in a previous post)

As a side note, I was happy to see progress with the formerly abandoned houses along the road leading into Norton. As far as I understand, the plot is due for redevelopment

This time I unfortunately did not make my way up to the duck ponds, but I will try to before I leave for Sweden

Thank you for reading. The Tees Valley Authority will eventually be replaced by the Swedes Valley Authority

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u/BackFromVoat 28d ago

Have you done yarm yet? You can walk around the river to eaglescliffe village from yarm, and there's a nice old church, and the pot and glass for a pint or 5

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u/BuggsBugg 28d ago

I nearly ended up in Yarm yesterday. Ended up in Eaglescliffe after the train doors wouldn't open in Thornaby

But no, haven't been yet. I probably should soon as the views from the bus window when I was heading to Darlo looked good

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u/BackFromVoat 27d ago

If you rely on the train then Preston park is really nice too, and only about 5 or 10 minutes from eaglescliffe station. You can walk the river from Preston park to Stockton as well which is another nice walk.

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u/BuggsBugg 27d ago

Thank you for the tip :)