Redcar beacon
#Tinetine
Keep watching my channel, likes and subscribe????Hope you enjoy thank you????
Redcar Beacon all 132 steps to the top
This is the latest land mark on the sea front at Redcar on the North East coast of England
Welcome to Redcar
In September 2012 the name of Redcar Beacon was chosen. Other suggested names that made it to the final were: Crow's nest, Jubilee Pier, Lemon Top Tower, Mo's Lookout, Mowlam's Beacon in Tribute to the MP for Redcar Mo Mowlam. Redcar Skelter, Saltscar Tower, Vertical Pier. In 2013 it was nominated for the Building Design Carbuncle Cup for worst new building.In December 2015, the Beacon was damaged by winds from Storm Desmond, with several large pieces of panelling falling on to the beach below.
Redcar has three railway stations, on the Tees Valley Line served by Northern. From west to east, they are British Steel Redcar, with a very limited service for steel workers; Redcar Central, serving the town centre, and Redcar East about a mile to the south-east serving the residential area (unofficially) named after the station.
On weekdays, trains run approximately every half-hour in each direction, towards Saltburn eastbound and Middlesbrough, Darlington and Bishop Auckland westbound. There are also two of early morning through trains to Newcastle upon Tyne that run via Darlington and on to the East Coast Main Line via Durham and Chester-le-Street. Trains are less frequent in the evenings and at weekends.
The town's college is Redcar & Cleveland College. The town's secondary schools are: Redcar Academy, Sacred Heart Secondary Catholic Voluntary Academy and Rye Hills School. There are eleven primary schools in Redcar
Redcar is home to Redcar Racecourse, a racecourse for thoroughbred horse racing.
There is also a motorcycle speedway racing team, the Redcar Bears racing in the Premier League. The race track is at the South Tees Motorsport Park in Southbank Street, South Bank and is unusual in that one bend is more highly banked than the other. Also in Coatham is Redcar Cricket Club and Redcar Running Club.
The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne came to Redcar on 26 July 1859 in search of peace and quiet while he worked on the manuscript of The Marble Faun. Hawthorne's house, formerly known as the Hawthorne Cafe, stands at the junction of High Street and King Street. Gertrude Bell, colonial administrator and colleague of Lawrence of Arabia spent her youthful years at Red Barns House in Coatham, now the Red Barns Hotel and a listed building, and which is being considered as a museum to Bell.
Film and television actors and actresses Pip Donaghy, June Laverick, and Wendy Hall, and actor/director/producer Robert Porter were all born in Redcar. Actor and radio actor Felicity Finch, famous for her part in the Archers BBC Radio 4 drama series, playing Ruth Archer, was also born and grew up in Redcar.
Singer David Coverdale, lead singer with Deep Purple and Whitesnake lived in Redcar as a youth and worked in the Gentry clothes shop on Coatham Road. Chris Norman, founder member and former lead singer of Smokie was born in Redcar. Pete York, drummer with the Spencer Davis Group and session drummer was born in Redcar.
Paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, originally from Wales, lived in Redcar for a number of years with her husband and daughter.
In 2006, Redcar was used as a location for the film adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel Atonement. The Coatham Hotel, Regent Cinema, a section of Newcomen Terrace and part of the beach were dressed as 1940s Dunkirk. Filming took place across three days in August 2006, with local men playing the soldiers. It was directed by Joe Wright Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton Based on Atonement by Ian McEwan: Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave: Music by Dario Marianelli. Cinematography Seamus McGarvey Edited by Paul Tothill Production Company StudioCanal Relativity Media Working Title Films Distributed by Focus Features Release dates 29 August 2007 (VIFF) 7 September 2007 (United Kingdom) Running time 123 minutes Country United Kingdom France Budget $30 million Box office $129.3 million
Where is Redcar?
Where is Redcar? This video includes footage and information relating to Redcar. Redcar is in North Yorkshire, UK 7.5 miles from Middlesbrough in the district of Cleveland. We visit Redcar's sea front, town centre and Redcar Central station.
Places to see in ( Redcar - UK )
Places to see in ( Redcar - UK )
Redcar is a seaside resort and town in the Tees Valley in North East, England. The local council, a unitary authority, is Redcar and Cleveland. Historically Redcar was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, Redcar lies 7.5 miles (12.1 km) east-north-east of Middlesbrough by the North Sea coast.
Today Redcar is made up of numerous areas, including Coatham, Warrenby, Dormanstown, Lakes Estate, Redcar East, The Ings, Ings Farm, Mickledales and Westfield. The Zetland is the world's oldest surviving lifeboat. It was built by Henry Greathead of South Shields and is housed in a sea-front museum at Redcar. The museum is independent and operated by a dedicated group of volunteers. The lifeboat was first stationed at Redcar in 1802.
There is a small inshore fishing fleet in Redcar catching lobster, crab and fish, and offering fishing trips to tourists. As high tide at Redcar now comes up to the sea wall, fishing cobles are permitted to park up with their trailers on a broad section of sea front pavement.
After the opening of the Middlesbrough to Redcar Railway in 1846 Redcar became a regular destination for Victorian tourists. Each year people from North Yorkshire, Leeds and Scotland visited Redcar for their holidays. From the 19th century to the present day Redcar has featured donkey rides – owned by the Burnistons established locally in antiques and jewellery, scrap metal, mechanics and wool.
The sand beach at Redcar stretches approximately 8 miles (13 km) from south-east to north-west. In the north-west the beach runs past Coatham to South Gare breakwater at the mouth of the River Tees. To the south-east the sand beach is bordered by the Stray from Redcar's Zetland Park to Marske-by-the-Sea and then continues on to Saltburn. The Stray is a 2-mile (3 km) long public open strip of coastal grassland situated between the beach and the A1085 road characterised by a series of howles (small chines) leading from the grassland to the beach. The Redcar coastline is a major location for finding fossils of Gryphaea, also known as devil's toenails. The main pedestrianised shopping area is based on and around High Street and runs parallel to the sea front's Esplanade. Amusement arcades have existed at Redcar since the building of the Redcar Pier in 1873, and today the arcades are to be found along the Esplanade.
The town has had several parks built for tourism: Coatham Enclosure, Locke Park, Zetland Park, Lily Park, and Amusement Park with its roller coaster. The Amusement Park closed decades ago, and a further small sea front park known locally as Titty-Bottle Park no longer exists as such and in its place on the triangular plot of land on the Esplanade is a red and blue, brick built toilet block and tourist information centre.
There are about twenty three listed buildings in Redcar. At the west end of High Street is a Grade II listed clock tower, a memorial to King Edward VII who was a regular visitor to Redcar. The tower has now been refurbished.
On the sea front stands the Victorian building of the former Coatham Hotel. The ballroom of the hotel was home to the Redcar Jazz Club, a venue for the up-and-coming bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Also on the sea front is the Grade II listed Zetland Lifeboat Museum. To the east of Redcar is the listed Church of St Peter, designed by Ignatius Bonomi and built 1822–28
Redcar has three railway stations, on the Tees Valley Line served by Northern. From west to east, they are British Steel Redcar, with a limited service for steel workers; Redcar Central, serving the town centre, and Redcar East about a mile to the south-east serving the residential area (unofficially) named after the station.
( Redcar - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Redcar . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Redcar - UK
Join us for more :
Redcar Beacon (Outside,going up, and view from top in HD)
A quick look at Redcar Beacon, opened to public 28th March 2013 and it's FREE
FREE photo to download on Flickr
The New Redcar Seafront
Concept video of how the seafront might look when the work is complete.
Redcar Pier.avi
This video shows Redcar in it's heyday. Shot by Gordon Richards in 1959 taken from the DVD of ITV Tyne Tees series 2 of 'The Way We Were' . Available from northern-heritage.co.uk
Redcar Sea Front
Watching the waves coming in.
Redcar Beacons | About Us
Redcar Beacons is a non-profit organisation, working undertake Footprints in the Community Umbrella.
Offering care and a compassionate presence on Redcar High Street.
Fb: facebook.com/RedcarBeacons
E: info@redcarbeacons.co.uk
New Redcar Leisure Centre
Old Redcar is Changing
A folk song by Bob Fortune highlighting the changes that are going on in Redcar as the sea wall and town are changing to embrace the new ways.
Redcar Seafront 1970's
I do not own this video, I'm uploading it here for archive purposes and will remove if the owner requests it.
Redcar Beacon Day 1: Panoramic View from the vertical pier
Redcar Beacon Day 1: Panoramic View from the vertical pier: Note, a 360 view is not possible to it's design.
Redcar From The Top Deck
A bus journey back to Redcar in the late 70s....
Smokers upstairs please!
And please mind your head, when leaving your seat!
Interested in the vehicles in the video - Go to:
Redcar Seafront - Vertical Pier and Palace Hub CGI Animation
This CGI Animation was created for Redcar & Cleveland council as part of the Redcar seafront regeneration.
Including a detailed look at how the new vertical pier and Palace Hub will look, this high quality animation allows viewers to take a sneek peak into how the new seafront will look after work is completed in 2012.
A Trip To Redcar
A Film by Sarah Macmillan, NORTHERN LANDSCAPES
Filmed & Produced in 2008 as part of a series of 4 of my Heritage Documentaries for a permanent exhibition at the Zetland Lifeboat Museum, Redcar. The exhibition also includes 'Zetland-The Redcar Lifeboat', 'The Fishing Town Of Redcar' & 'Redcar Celebrates Atonement'
From popular Holiday resort in Edwardian times, through to its heyday in the 1930s 1950s the seaside town of Redcar has been a favourite with holiday makers of all ages.
Today Redcar still attracts many visitors who enjoy a traditional day out at the seaside on A Trip To Redcar
Visit my website northernlandscapes.org.uk
Redcar Pier Group Promo Video
The Redcar Pier Group Needs You to Join and support the Group in getting a Traditional Pier for Redcar, Join Today and become part of something Amazing.