Lingdale is a village in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.

On 24 August 1953, 15 men were critically injured in a horrifying gas explosion in the south-west dips district of Lingdale Ironstone Mine.

An hour and a half after the start of the morning shift there was an ignition of gas in the mine and several miners were badly burned.

Birthplace of Bobby Smith, former Spurs and England centre-forward, who played in their double-winning side of 1961, and scored in the FA Cup Final, on two separate occasions.

Arnold Knight, played for Spurs and also Leeds United Bobby Smith's brother Keith, played for Chelsea and then Millwall George Hardwick captained Middlesbrough, England, and is the only player to have captained a Great Britain side (outside of the Olympic Games).