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Last summer on a trip to visit the Lifeboat Station and consume two lemon tops.
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I’m on that Mighty Redcar Facebook group and they reckon charging to park in the Town centre has taken a lot of trade away.No, not the town.
Coatham was mentioned in the doomsday book, so yes its quite old. Redcar took off in Victorian times, particularly when they discovered the iron ore and put a railway in. The industry that followed was centred in Middlesbrough with those getting wealthy off it living it up in Redcar.It could with a cobbled street area with quaint shops and nice bars and restaurants.
It is a bit weird that it feels like a newish town but it surely must go back hundreds if not a thousand years.
Great beach though and with the massive sea front it might one day be quite the tourist destination again as climate change really gets going in NE England.
And Zetland and brough park too.Redcar has a park - locke park - decent park run
No, it’s closed because of kids messing about, being kids as we all did.Even the vertical pier is closed, due to anti social behaviour
There's Locke Park.I always found Redcar a bit a strange mix. So close to Industry, no harbour, no river, no parks, very flat, the main road a bit away from the sea, and it was very spread out, but also felt hemmed in. Then suddenly there is a race course, almost the last thing you would expect. Later I found Kirkleatham which was a hidden jewel to me.
There are relics of Redcar that suggest in say the past it was quite a swinging place for music - Grand Old hotels/ballroom, Coatham Bowl for bands like the Rolling Stones, famous folk club, as sort of mini Scarborough.
New Cinema and Cafe Bar looks almost iconic , never been in yet.
Sea Breeze - excellent fish and chips as good as the best in Whitby and a lot lower price.
Visit Kirkleatham f you like a bit of history or birds of prey and the walled garden will be nice in a few years time when the plants mature.
That sounds an incredible thing to do.Redcar beach is excellent and on a nice day well worth a long walk on.
The vast majority of old seaside resort towns have decayed badly since planes took us cheaply to the Med, instead of trains taking us cheaply to our coast.
We toured the entire GB coast in 2020 and saw every coastal resort/town.
Trust me there are a lot worse than Redcar - troubled as it is.
Withernsea near you Brian is an example.
(not so) Great Yarmouth and Weston (not so super) Mare are bigger examples.
It’s still RedcarIf you want somewhere different to go, miss Redcar out and drive a couple of miles further north to the South Gare (Breakwater) instead.