Berwick Hills

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Berwick Hills
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The Berwick Hills row of shops
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Berwick Hills
Location within North Yorkshire
Population4,465 
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode district TS3
Dialling code 01642
Police Cleveland
Fire Cleveland
Ambulance North East
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
54°33′43″N1°12′18″W / 54.562°N 1.205°W / 54.562; -1.205 Coordinates: 54°33′43″N1°12′18″W / 54.562°N 1.205°W / 54.562; -1.205

Berwick Hills is a suburb in the Borough of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England with a population of 4,465[ citation needed ]. It is east of Middlesbrough centre. The ward it belongs to is shared with the smaller area of Pallister, both are separated by Ormesby Road.

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Economy and community

The suburb's centre has a supermarket, public swimming pool, municipal library and a shopping parade. The public swimming facility is called the Neptune Centre. It is a regional venue for competitive swimming, they is also a health and fitness club at the site. [1]

Primary school

Berwick Hills Primary School, Middlesbrough Berwick Hills Primary School 1.jpg
Berwick Hills Primary School, Middlesbrough

Berwick Hills Primary opened in 1954, as two schools, an infant and a junior school, with a combined 446 children. The schools later amalgamated, but it was not until 2011 that a new building was built.

The present school is a single-storey, £5.8 million, eco-friendly facility, It has solar panels on the roof and wind turbines to generate electricity. The layout comprises a central hub area, that includes a hall, library and reception area, with three branches providing the classrooms for 315 children.

A number of computer work stations are sited around the school in addition to a central ICT unit for use by pupils. [2]

The school has a multi-use games area (MUGA). The building itself has a very good BREEAM rating of 55 – showing energy efficiency. Services provided onsite include a Sure Start centre, breakfast club and after-school clubs. Additional facilities include: sports hall with changing rooms, all-weather pitch, dance studio, trim trail, school library, computer suite.

The steps taken during the construction process to reduce environmental impacts, include innovative construction management techniques, responsible sourcing of materials such as timber and the use of recycled hardcore. The social, or economically sustainable, measures achieved, or piloted, include air source heat pumps. In addition to this, Tees Valley Wildlife Trust worked with the design team and school to enhance the schools ecology and natural habitat area. There is provision of cycle storage. The school area actively encouraging recycling. Photo voltaic panels are fitted to roof areas to generate electricity and there is a wind-turbine on site. [3]

Sculpture

The sculpture of Orme the Viking, Berwick Hills Orme the Viking Middlesbrough three-quarter.jpg
The sculpture of Orme the Viking, Berwick Hills

As part of the Ormesby Beck landscaping project, in 2012, a large sculpture in the form of Orme the Viking was installed. The community artwork was made possible as part of the landscaping initiative undertaken by the Ormesby Beck Friendship Group with a Community Spaces grant from Groundwork UK. It was installed alongside realignment work by the Environment Agency to address flooding issues.

Groundwork officer Judith Underwood and Berwick Hills community worker Catherine Hughes worked with staff and pupils at Berwick Hills Primary School to design the statue, along with its outfit and weapons, and a dragon themed seating in the beck area. The Viking symbolises the area's Viking history. [4] [5]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Visit Middlesbrough website: Details about Neptune Centre". Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Middlesbrough Evening Gazette: Berwick Hills Primary pupils move into new school (2011)
  3. ↑ Middlesbrough Council: Berwick Hills Primary School Key Facts and Figures
  4. ↑ "Middlesbrough Council Website: Welcome Orme the Viking! (2012)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Middlesbrough Evening Gazette: Orme The Viking statue unveiled at Ormesby Beck (2012)
  6. ↑ "How Dael Fry impressed his Middlesbrough FC Academy coaches from a very early age". Gazette Live. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Cycling Archives: Sid Barras
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