Uses in Local Culture
Teesside continues to be used locally to refer the entire urban area and the name can still be seen in the following uses:
- Teesside University
- Teesside retail and leisure park which was founded by the now defunct Teesside Development Corporation
- TS postcode area which is officially known as the 'Cleveland postal area' by Royal Mail, but was clearly formed from Teesside.
- Teesside International Airport renamed in 2004 as Durham Tees Valley Airport
- Teesside continues to be used as signed destination on UK road signs. It is only once the actual boroughs are entered that local town names are used.
It has also been adopted for various other purposes as a euphemism for the former county of Cleveland.
It is very common to see Teesside wrongly spelled as Teeside, wherein people have dropped the second 's'.
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