South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland

South Bank is a former industrial town in the Redcar and Cleveland borough in North Yorkshire, England on the south bank of the River Tees. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Middlesbrough and 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Redcar. The town is served by South Bank railway station.

The area forms part of the Teesside built-up area's Middlesbrough subdivision and is also a part of Greater Eston.

Within Redcar and Cleveland, the South Bank ward had a population of 6,548 at the 2011 census.

Formerly known as "Tees Tilery", South Bank has a long history of steelmaking in the companies Bolckow Vaughan and Dorman Long, and shipbuilding at Smiths Dock Company. The area was also known by the nickname of "Slaggy Island" as it was surrounded by slag heaps.

South Bank was historically part of the township of Normanby in the ancient parish of Ormesby. A local government district covering the township was created in 1865, governed by a local board. A town hall was built for the district in 1878. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894. At the second meeting of the urban district council in January 1895 it voted to change the district's name from Normanby to "South Bank in Normanby", acknowledging that South Bank was the larger settlement within the district. The change of name was confirmed by North Riding County Council in May 1895.

South Bank in Normanby Urban District was abolished in 1915, being absorbed into the neighbouring Eston Urban District, which in turn was abolished in 1968 to become part of the County Borough of Teesside.

South Bank formed part of the Middlesbrough parliamentary constituency from 1867 until 1918.

In 1907, Smiths Dock Company, a firm of shipbuilders from North Shields, set up part of its business on the River Tees at South Bank. Smiths Dock closed its North Shields Yard in 1909 focussing its operations on the River Tees.