Redcar is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6186°, -1.0686°.

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Redcar

Redcar in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Redcar is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland district. 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. The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland. 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.

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Background

History

Redcar occupies a low-lying site by the sea; the second element of its name is from Old Norse kjarr, meaning 'marsh', and the first may be either Old English (Anglo-Saxon) rēad meaning 'red' or OE hrēod 'reed'. The town originated as a fishing hamlet in the 14th century, trading with the larger adjacent hamlet of Coatham.

Architecture

<gallery> File:The Zetland Lifeboat Museum and Lookout (geograph 2384422).jpg|Zetland Lifeboat Museum, Esplanade File:Turner's Hospital, Kirkleatham (geograph 5898821).jpg|Turner's Hospital, Kirkleatham File:CoathamHotel.JPG|Former Coatham Hotel </gallery> There are 23 listed buildings in Redcar. The grade I Listed Sir William Turner's Hospital in Kirkleatham was built between 1674–1676 and listed on the 14 June 1952. On the Esplanade is the grade II-Listed Zetland Lifeboat Museum housing the world's oldest lifeboat, Zetland. The Victorian, former Coatham Hotel stands on Newcomen Terrace sea front. The ballroom of the hotel was home to the Redcar Jazz Club, a venue for bands of the late…

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