ABOUT REDCAR

Redcar and Cleveland is a great place to live, enjoy and do business.
You’ll find out why throughout this website and on our social media feeds, but if you’re in a rush, here are just a few reasons ‘Why Redcar and Cleveland’!

Live
What a work / life balance you can have in Redcar and Cleveland! – enjoy the fresh sea air and beautiful rolling countryside on your doorstep
An abundance of high-quality housing at low prices
Enjoy a variety of outdoor activities
Great shopping in our thriving markets and bustling town centres
Comprehensive road/rail/bus/cycle/pedestrian network makes travelling around the Tees Valley’s largest borough easier than ever
Redcar Town Deal – £25M Government Towns Fund for transformational projects.
Redcar Central Station – £6M rejuvenation project.
Loftus investments – £11M project to renew and reshape Loftus town centre.
New Housing Redcar Market

Enjoy
We enjoy a packed events calendar throughout the year
Kirkleatham Walled Garden – beautiful gardens, café, horticultural academy and events pavilion.
New £9.7M ‘The Regent’ cinema development in Redcar.
Coatham Leisure Phase 1- £3.75M development project – Adventure Golf and Children’s play area now open; with ‘Redcar Beach Base’ – new sports, events, food and drinks facility opening soon!
Coatham Hotel – ‘The Inn Collection Group’ – £6.5M project – new 42 bedroom hotel lined up for Redcar
Stunning sandy beaches of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-sea and Skinningrove and the historic market town of Guisborough are great places to spend a day
Saltburn’s Cliff Tramway is the oldest water balanced lift in Britain, and the Pier, dating from 1869 is the last remaining pier on the North East coast.
Hills, woodland and moors – Guisborough Forest Walkway is the gateway to North York Moors National Park
Zetland Lifeboat Museum showcases the world’s oldest surviving lifeboat
‘Land of Iron‘ (formerly ‘Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum’) – £2.4M project: a bigger and better heritage attraction
Redcar Beach Get set! Tour de Yorkshire comes to Redcar and Cleveland

Business
Investment confidence

‘Teesworks‘ is the UKs largest industrial zone and Freeport, with potentially 20,000 jobs and a £1 billion annual boost to the local economy
‘SeAH Wind‘ – £450M Offshore wind factory, producing monopiles for wind turbines
Net Zero Teesside – £220M carbon capture project
Circular Fuels – £150M renewable gas facility
SABIC – Plans for £850M Green Energy project at Wilton site
Peak Resources – £112M minerals processing plant
MGT Teesside / Tees REP – £650M biomass power station of global significance
Anglo American’s £3.2Bn polyhalite mining project – Wilton, Teesport and Woodsmith Mine
PD Ports – one of the UK’s busiest and fastest growing ports
PMAC – £300M Redcar Energy Centre
Wentworth Clean Power – two waste-to-energy plants, secured by PD Ports – £660M
British Steel – £26M investment at Skinningrove Special Profiles division
But it’s not all huge developments, we have a great selection of unique independent businesses which play a vital role in our economic life
IN TOTAL, OVER £6 BILLION OF INVESTMENT IN REDCAR AND CLEVELAND!