[2] The docks then remained vacant and deteriorating until Teesside Development Corporation launched an initiative to convert them into a marina in the late 1980s.

[5] The new marina was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, who was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, in May 1993.

[6][7] The Seaton Carew Lighthouse was relocated to the marina in 1995 and dedicated to those who had died at sea in 1997.

[8] Also in the 1990s, a statue of the monkey, formerly standing in West Hartlepool, was relocated to the marina to serve as a receptible for coins being collected for a local hospice.

[14] It accommodates both pleasure and working craft, with passage to and from the sea through a lock.