Tees Valley

Tees Valley is an important part of the official Captain Cook Trail as Captain James Cook was born and grew up in the region

Visit the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum at Marton, Middlesbrough, and then get a real feel for life on his epic voyages by stepping aboard a full-size replica of his ship, HM Bark Endeavour, at Stockton-on-Tees

Tees Valley was also the birthplace of the railway with the first passenger service running between Stockton and Darlington - see the first passenger engine Locomotion no.1 at Darlington Railway Museum

For more railway heritage, visit Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon, in County Durham.