River Leven, North Yorkshire River Leven, North Yorkshire The River Leven is a river in North Yorkshire, England, a tributary to the River Tees. It rises on Warren Moor, part of Kildale Moor, in the North York Moors and flows to the north of the moors to join the River Tees at Yarm. The source of the river is on Warren Moor, part of Kildale Moor, just south of the village of Kildale. It flows east until it reaches the Whitby to Middlesbrough rail line where it does a complete turnaround to flow west to Kildale. It then flows south-south-west through woodland to the
Middlesbrough in Lorne Street and was opened in 1990. There is a Hindu Cultural Centre in Westbourne Grove, North Ormesby, which was opened in 1990. Middlesbrough has featured in many television programmes, including "The Fast Show", "Inspector George Gently", "Steel River Blues", "Spender", "Play for Today" ("The Black Stuff"; latterly the drama "Boys from the Blackstuff") and "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet". Film director Ridley Scott is from the North East and based the opening shot of "Blade Runner" on the view of the old ICI plant at Wilton. He said: “There’s a walk from Redcar … I’d cross a bridge at night,