Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.556°N -1.269°W |
Official Name: | Whinney Banks |
Static Image: | Church in Whinney Banks - geograph.org.uk - 1734484.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Francis of Assisi Church |
Unitary England: | Middlesbrough |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | North East England |
Post Town: | MIDDLESBROUGH |
Postcode District: | TS5 |
Postcode Area: | TS |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ476181 |
Whinney Banks is an area in west Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The area is on the Old River Tees's southern banks, the river's main flow was redirected with the Mandale Cut, the A19 is between the old river and the area. It is within the TS5 postcode area and a part of the Ayresome ward, along with parts of Ayresome.
Whinney Banks was originally of around 550 houses, built in the 1930s and 1940s, forming part of a wider expanse of social housing in west Middlesbrough.