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Visiting Redcar and Cleveland Overview
Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority and borough in North Yorkshire . Its main settlements are Redcar, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton . It is a part of the Tees Valley mayoralty, the current mayor is Ben Houchen .
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Redcar and Cleveland history
Langbaurgh-on-Tees was one of four districts of the non-metropolitan county of Cleveland. It was formed from the Coatham, Kirkleatham, Ormesby, Redcar and South Bank wards of the County Borough of Teesside. Cleveland County was abolished on 1 April 1996, with its districts becoming unitary authority areas.
When you visit Redcar and Cleveland
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101 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Redcar and Cleveland places to visit
Redcar and Cleveland has many places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Redcar and Cleveland’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Redcar and Cleveland’s information audio spots:
![]() | UK Dark Matter Collaboration The UK Dark Matter Collaboration (UKDMC) was an experiment to search for Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) The consortium consisted of astrophysicists and particle physicists from the United Kingdom. Detectors were set up 1,100 m (3,600 ft) underground in a halite seam at the Boulby Mine in North Yorkshire. |
![]() | Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks The Directional Recoil Identification from Tracks (DRIFT) detector is a low pressure negative ion time projection chamber (NITPC) designed to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) – a prime dark matter candidate. There are currently two DRIFT detectors in operation. DRIFT-IId is located 1100m underground in the Boulby Underground Laboratory at the Bouby Mine in North Yorkshire, England, and DRIFT IIe is located on the surface at Occidental College, LA, USA. |
![]() | Guisborough Town F.C. Guisborough Town Football Club is a football club based in North Yorkshire. They are currently members of the Northern League Division One and play at the King George V Ground. |
![]() | Stead Primary Care Hospital Stead Primary Care Hospital was a NHS-run hospital in Redcar, England. It was located on Kirkleatham Street in the town of Redcar. |
![]() | South Bank F.C. South Bank F.C. were a football club based near Middlesbrough, England. The club claimed to have been founded in 1868, making them one of the oldest football clubs in England. |
![]() | Grangetown, North Yorkshire Grangetown is 3 miles (4.8 km) east of central Middlesbrough and 4 miles (6.4 km) from central Redcar. It is part of Greater Eston, which includes the area and the other centres of Eston, Normanby, South Bank, Teesville and Ormesby. |
![]() | Dunsdale Dunsdale is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland. It is within the civil parish of Guisborough in the area. |
![]() | Saltburn Miniature Railway The Saltburn Miniature Railway is a 15 in (381 mm) gauge railway at Saltburn, in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. |
![]() | Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland Old All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. |
![]() | Stanghow Stanghow is thought to derive from the Old Norse meaning Stong-how meaning pole hill. It has won Britain in Bloom twice, in 2010 and 2012. |
Visit Redcar and Cleveland plaques
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here Redcar and Cleveland has 12 physical plaques within tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Redcar and Cleveland plaques when visiting. Plaque schemes such as National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened. Where a plaque is available, Walkfo AI has done research to provide additional, deeper content when you visit Redcar and Cleveland using the app. Experience hidden history & stories at each location as the Walkfo local tourist guide app uses trigger audio close to each Redcar and Cleveland plaque. Explore Redcar and Cleveland Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.