Captain Cook's ship returns to Cleveland Centre in Middlesbrough

A huge model of Captain Cook's ship The Endeavour is to return to its original home in a Middlesbrough shopping centre.

The replica of the famous vessel was a family favourite for 20 years when it hung in the Cleveland Centre before its removal in June 2005 during a major overhaul of the complex.

The craft was carefully dismantled and put into storage, first at Stewart Park and more recently in a unit on the town’s Riverside Park Industrial Estate.

But now the scale model is on its way back to the Cleveland Centre as part of the build-up to Middlesbrough’s Tour de Yorkshire Stage 3 start on Sunday 1st May.

Despite significant changes to the Centre’s layout, the team working on the project have calculated that the Endeavour will just clear the Grange Road entrance before being inched into position in the Newton Mall.

The Endeavour will remain in the Cleveland Centre until after May 1st with talks already under way over its longer term future.