Welcome to Acklam 2020

This is our introductory page to describe who we are and where we are. We hardly ever change this page. 

Middlesbrough is a post-industrial town in the NorthEast of England. It has a charmless town centre, but, to compensate, the town lies within easy reach of glorious countryside. The Lakes, the Border Country, The Northumbrian Coast and the North Yorks Moors are all within easy driving distance. There are many attractive market towns nearby and Whitby, where Captain Cook began his seafaring career, is close by. And even the heart of the town centre is undergoing a renaissance with a new art gallery, renovation of the rather splendid victorian town hall (where most of the musical concerts from pop to classical take place) and a re-landscaping of the open spaces that allowed the successful staging of the BBC 'Proms in the Park' with the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra.

Acklam lies on the southern fringes of Middlesbrough. Before the growth of Middlesbrough in the 19th Century, Acklam was the principal settlement, clustered around an imposing manor house. Industrial Middlesbrough began its development on the northern edge of the Acklam Estate, on the south bank of the Tees.

The view to the left shows the view of Acklam Hall in spring 2004. The Hall was built by the Hustler family in the late 17th Century. The surrounding parkland and woods were laid out early in the 18th Century. Click on Hustler Family if you wish to read more of the family's time at Acklam Hall. (This is not an Acklam 2020 site).

Acklam 2020 is a small community based environmental group that is closely involved with local issues. It is active in:

• dealing with the on-going problems with litter and dog fouling.
• being involved in local planning issues
• securing grants to initiate environmental improvement projects. Click below if you would like details of some of our earlier projects.
• endeavouring to work with local schools on environmental education projects.