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.
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Zetland Park Final
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Zetland Park Fun Day
Revellers young and old gathered to mark the fourth year of the Redcar event hosted by the Friends of Zetland Park. Music provided by Gypsy Swing.
EXPLORING ZETLAND PARK /with Ryan jones
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Was with Jamie as well but he went in and didn’t come back out and I wasn’t recording
Moving the Zetland Lifeboat, 1960s Redcar, Kodachrome
From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit Clip ref GR62
Men moving the Zetland lifeboat, 1960s Redcar, North of England
Zetland Live
Zetland Live er en farverig fusion af et papirmagasin og et sceneshow, der af og til popper op på en scene et sted i landet. I løbet af én aften, foran ét publikum præsenterer vi et væld af de sjoveste, smukkeste, vigtigste, mest løjerlige og rørende historier fra virkelighedens verden. Der må grines. Der må tænkes. Der må grædes.
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
Platinum - Redcar Lane Club
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1960s Redcar Park and Summer Fete Parade
From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit Clip ref GR62
1960s Redcar park, parade and summer fete. Kodachrome footage
Zetland Open Day 2012.wmv
The Zetland Lifeboat is the oldest existing lifeboat in the world and is housed in the Zetland RNLI & Heritage Museum on Redcars seafront.
From Middlesbrough to Grangemouth.
From Middlesbrough, United Kingdom to Grangemouth, Scotland.
Give way
In one of the oldest citystreets of Holland, the Wijnstraat in Dordrecht, a redcar gives way to other vehicles and looses 20 minutes before it can move on itself. For cars to pass, some need to hit the sidewalk. Why? Because this street is used by two way traffic with only one way space.
Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland
Lawrence Mark Dundas, 4th Marquess of Zetland, less formally known as Mark Zetland, is a British peer, known before 1989 as Earl of Ronaldshay.
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I've been 'reflecting' over the last couple of days, certain things in life can make you do this, and I've posted a song I wrote a for the UK National Song Writing Competition. It got into the semi-finals. Had it got higher, the idea was to record it using a full orchestra. This is it in basic form but beautifully sung by Judith Haswell with the very talented Dave Paterson on acoustic guitar. I've adding some appropriate footage to give it another dimension. Trust everyone enjoys it.
Film from the Kinolibrary archive film collections. To order the clip clean and high res visit Clip ref GR55b
Early 1960s North of England Town, Market Shopping
From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit Clip ref GR54
Stockton on Tees, 1961, market shopping, colour footage from 16mm
1960s Redcar, Streets, Factories, Kodachrome Colour Footage, UK
From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. To order the clip clean and high res or to find out more visit Clip ref GR62
1962 Redcar, North of England.
00:52:43 Quiet beach at dusk, a few people wandering along and some children bouncing on trampolines. Fruit and shellfish beach stalls shut, closed. Two men gossiping on the street, chatting. Old men stand by seafront smoking and chatting. Empty quiet streets, no people.
00:53:50 Residential streets, three boys walk in the road. Sign 'Bolton Close' new estate, suburban houses. Church.
1957 Redcar, Cleveland Fox Hunting Meet, North of England
From the Kinolibrary archive film collections. To order the clip clean and high res visit Clip ref GR137
Footage from the 1957 depicting The Cleveland fox hunting group, with their hounds, leaving on a hunt in the UK.
strange lights in Redcar, north east england UFO? 09-10-2009
plz leave comments , i was sat in my car at the car park at the top of errington woods when i seen this activity over the green! i got out and filmed it but TBA i was a bit freaked out and after taking this vid i got in my car and went away as fast as i could .