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Redcar, Yorkshire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcar

Redcar /ˈrɛdkər/ /rɛdkɑːr/ is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority. It is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, and is located 7 miles (11 km) east of Middlesbrough.

The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of 37,073 at the 2011 Census.[1] The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland.[2]

It gained a town charter in 1922, from then until 1968 it was governed by the municipal borough of Redcar. Since the abolition of County Borough of Teesside, which existed from 1968 until 1974, the town has been unparished.[3]"

The town's main employers in the post-war era were the nearby Teesside Steelworks at Warrenby, founded by Dorman Long in 1917, and the ICI Wilton chemical works. The steel produced at Dorman Long was used to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Auckland Harbour Bridge and many others. Both the Warrenby and Lackenby sites became part of Tata Steel when Corus was taken over in 2007, but continued to trade under the Corus name until at least February 2008. SSI bought the plant from Tata Steel in February 2011, for £320 million.

After a two-year hiatus following the mothballing of the plant in February 2010, steel was once again being made at Redcar. The Thai owners of the former Corus Plant at Lackenby, Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI), re-ignited the blast furnace, one of the largest in Europe, on 15 April 2012.[17]

On 18 September 2015, production was paused due to the decline in steel prices.[18] On 28 September 2015, the plant was "mothballed" amid poor steel trading conditions across the world and a drop in steel prices.[19] On 2 October, the owner of the site, SSI UK, entered liquidation. On 12 October 2015 the administrator announced that there was no realistic prospect of finding a buyer and the ovens would be extinguished.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcar#Religion

In 1874, four furnaces were built at the nearby Warrenby ironworks, which attracted a lot of Irish Catholic workers. So, a small church dedicated to the Sacred Heart was built to welcome Redcar's Catholics to Mass. In the same year, a school-chapel was also built, which later became a Methodist chapel. The present Sacred Heart church, was built, in the fully-developed Gothic Revival style, soon afterwards. It opened in 1914.[35]

The architect Frank Spinks was commissioned to build St Augustine's church for the eastern part of the town, in 1937. These parishes were followed by St William's church in Dormanstown and St Alban's church, which was built amongst the newer housing estates of the 1960s and 70s.

With declining congregations, the number of parishes was reduced. In 2011, St Alban’s closed, and in 2012, St William’s also closed. The new parish of Blessed Nicholas Postgate was formed through the union of the parishes of the Sacred Heart and St Augustine, in 2015. Five years later, in 2020, the nearby Saltburn parish of St Bede’s Church, was also absorbed into the Parish of Blessed Nicholas Postgate.[36] To the east of Redcar there is the Anglican Church of St Peter, designed by Ignatius Bonomi and built 1822–29 on land given by Lord Dundas. It is a grade II* listed building. [37] The foundation stone was laid by Lady Turner of Kirkleatham in 1823. Formerly, it was part of Marske Parish, but became an independent parish in 1867.[38] It has a window commemorating local benefactor Sir William Turner."

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Redcar Primary Care Hospital

West Dyke Rd

Redcar

TS10 4NW

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https://www.yorkshire.com/places/yorkshire-coast/redcar

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v3ey0n71xo

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Transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcar#Transport

2025: "Redcar has two railway stations, on the Tees Valley line, with trains operated by Northern and TransPennine Express, namely Redcar Central and Redcar East. A third station Redcar British Steel, which closed in December 2019, served the steelworks.[39][40]

The main roads through the town are the A1085 and the A1042, with the A174 bypassing. Redcar is served primarily by Arriva North East buses, connecting Redcar with the surrounding towns and villages.

The Pangea North and CANTAT-3 submarine telecommunication cables both come ashore between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea.[41] "

Amenities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcar

2025: "The Palace Hub, on the beach front, was built by Redcar and Cleveland Council for the creative and cultural sector of the town. An art gallery and business start up centre are located in the building. The main library is in the Redcar Heart building in the centre of the town and there is a long-standing Redcar Literary Institute, which was founded in 1896.

Redcar is home to the Tuned In! Centre, which opened in 2011 and overlooks the sea front. The multi purpose venue hosts live music as well as creative workshops for young people. The annual event Clubland on the Beach, which showcases dance acts attracting visitors from across the country, has been held at Majuba Road in Redcar for the past three years.

The town has had several parks built for tourism: Coatham Enclosure, Locke Park, Zetland Park, Lily Park, an Amusement Park with a roller coaster, and a small sea front park known locally as Titty Bottle Park. The Amusement Park near the railway closed decades ago, and Titty Bottle Park was absorbed into the redeveloped sea front around Redcar Beacon.

At the west end of High Street is a Grade II listed clock tower,[24] a memorial to King Edward VII.

Construction of the Redcar Beacon started in 2011.[25] In 2013, when the building had been completed, it was nominated for the Building Design Carbuncle Cup for worst new building. It came third in the whole of the UK.[26] In December 2015, the Beacon was damaged by winds from Storm Desmond, with several large pieces of panelling falling onto the beach below. It was also damaged in winter 2016, where a panel from the top fell off in a storm.[27]

At the west end of High Street is a Grade II listed clock tower,[24] a memorial to King Edward VII.

There are 23 listed buildings in Redcar.[28] The Grade I Listed Sir William Turner's Hospital in Kirkleatham was built between 1674–1676 and listed on the 14 June 1952.[29]

On the Esplanade is the Grade II-Listed Zetland Lifeboat Museum[30] housing the world's oldest lifeboat, Zetland.

The Victorian, former Coatham Hotel stands on Newcomen Terrace sea front.[31][32] The ballroom of the hotel was home to the Redcar Jazz Club, a venue for bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In the south-east of Redcar is an aircraft listening post. This was built in 1916, during the First World War, as part of a regional defence system to give early warning of approaching aircraft, principally Zeppelins. It is an example of an acoustic mirror, similar to others found along the east coast of Britain. The mirror was used up until the invention of radar. It is now a Grade II listed building.[33][34]"

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