It is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, and is located 7 miles (11 km) east of Middlesbrough.

[1] The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland.

[citation needed] Numerous ships have foundered off the Redcar coastline and many of their wrecks still exist.

It was built by Henry Greathead of South Shields and is housed in a volunteer-led sea-front museum.

[11][12] Redcar's population expansion corresponded with Middlesbrough's, with the discovery in 1850 of iron ore in the Eston area of Cleveland Hills.

[13] Redcar prospered as a seaside town drawing tourists attracted by eight miles of sands stretching from South Gare to Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

It had to be shortened because of the cost of repairs and was re-opened with an entrance with two kiosks and a roller-skating rink on the Redcar side, and a bandstand halfway along its length.

An anchor from the Birger can be seen on the sea front pavement close to the Zetland Lifeboat Museum.

The Redcar Pier pavilion continued in use after the war but storm damage led to it being declared unsafe and it was demolished in 1980–1981.

[5][13] 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 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.

Wards periodically change, as of 2018 the town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland.

The Palace Hub, on the beach front, was built by Redcar and Cleveland Council for the creative and cultural sector of the town.

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.

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

[26] In December 2015, the Beacon was damaged by winds from Storm Desmond, with several large pieces of panelling falling onto the beach below.

[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.

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.

[35] The architect Frank Spinks was commissioned to build St Augustine's church for the eastern part of the town, in 1937.

There are eleven primary schools in Redcar: Coatham, Dormanstown, Green Gates, Ings Farm, John E Batty, Lakes, Newcomen, Riverdale, St Benedict's, Wheatlands and Zetland.

[43] The town is served by the local newspapers, East Cleveland Herald & Post which is published by the TeessideLive.

The town was previously set to host a stage of the Tour de Yorkshire, the event was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Coatham Hotel, Regent Cinema, a section of Newcomen Terrace and part of the beach were dressed as 1940s Dunkirk.

David Jamilly a humanitarian, philanthropist and self-made millionaire, visited the Redcar community and gave £25,000 to Zoë's Place for a sensory room, £25,000 to Redcar Amateur Boxing Club to start an Olympic fund, and £25,000 to Sid's Place for special counselling.

There was a subsequent visit on 14 May to a screening at Redcar's cinema, attended by the mayor and mayoress along with all the charities and people involved.

[citation needed] The feature of the documentary involved the closure of the nearby Corus steelworks as well as the charities.

The four-part series followed young people from Redcar and surrounding towns as they completed their studies and looked for work.