Brought to you by Tees Vision Media

THE TEES
EXPLORER

Welcome to Tees Explorer, your guide to discovering the best spots, hidden gems, and local stories across Teesside. Produced by Tees Vision Media, we bring you blogs, videos, photography, and hidden gems from across the region.

What’s Tees Explorer About?

Teesside deserves to be celebrated, and that’s exactly what we aim to do. We help locals and visitors discover interesting places, events, and experiences across the Teesside area. Instead of focusing on the negative, we highlight the best of Teesside.

Why The Tees Explorer Exists :

  • Help locals and visitors explore the area efficiently.

  • Document Teesside today for future generations

  • Showcase Teesside’s culture, events, and community.

  • Highlight local businesses, food spots, and hidden gems

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What You’ll Find In Teesside

Whether you’re looking for things to do in Teesside or grabbing a quick bite to eat, Tees Explorer brings you a curated selection of some of the region’s best spots. Explore, discover, and make the most of everything Teesside has to offer. From coast to countryside, Teesside has it all.

From local events to hidden gems, discover fun and interesting activities for all ages.

Find the tastiest cafes, restaurants, and street eats that Teesside has to offer.

Explore scenic routes, riverside trails, and countryside walks across the region.

Overlooked places, hidden corners and things you don’t usually notice around Teesside.

Where we explore

Most content you will see on The Tees Explorer is right here in the heart of Teesside including:

  • Stockton-on-tees

  • Hartlepool

  • Middlesbrough

  • Yarm

  • Redcar & Cleveland

  • Beyond Teesside

Latest From Tees Explorer

Categories: food & drink

Alfrando’s Peri Peri

Exploring Stockton-on-Tees for great food often leads us back to a few reliable favourites, and Alfrando’s Peri Peri is one of them. If you love spicy chicken, generous portions, [...]

Categories: Things to do

Stockton Market

Most Saturday mornings start the same for me, making minor video tweaks from what I spotted on Friday, then heading to Stockton Market. It is a simple tradition I have [...]

Categories: Hidden Gems

Al Fords Antiques

Some places in Stockton feel like they have always been there, even if most people have never noticed them. Al Fords Antiques is one of those places. Tucked away [...]

Categories: food & drink

ARC’s Culture Kitchen

ARC’s Culture Kitchen: Pay What You Decide and Eat Well in Stockton Im a sucker for good value food and recently i tried The ARC in Stockton and checked out [...]

Categories: food & drink

Retro No.9 – Retro cafe in Stockton

I'm always on the lookout for good value food, and Stockton definitely isn’t short of cheap cafés if you know where to look. One place I didn’t know about [...]

Categories: hikes & nature, Things to do

Roseberry Topping – Teesside’s Most Iconic Hike

If you ask anyone what the best hike in Teesside is, the first answer is usually Roseberry Topping. It is not hard to see why. While there are hundreds [...]

Produced by Tees Vision Media

Tees Explorer is created and produced by Jamie Kenley, founder of Tees Vision Media a teesside based video production and photography company.

It’s a small way of giving back to the area that supports my work, by documenting Teesside and helping more people discover what’s here.