Redcar, North Yorkshire | Town Centre Walk 2020

Join me for a walk around the town centre of Redcar, located on the North Sea coast a few miles east of Middlesbrough. A former tourist haven, Redcar is home to one of England's most action-packed nautical histories, with its seafront bearing witness to a number of fascinating events.
On our walk around town, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including the Blue Town Clock, Redcar Town Clock, Regent Cinema, the Redcar Beacon, Redcar Beach, the Zetland Lifeboat Museum and St. Peter's Church.
0:00 Redcar Blue Town Clock
0:25 Redcar High Street
3:02 Redcar Town Clock
3:40 Queen Street
4:37 Station Road
6:44 Regent Cinema and former site of Coatham Pier
7:20 Redcar Beacon
8:31 Walking on Redcar Beach
11:31 Redcar Esplanade and Promenade
12:50 The Hub Building
13:07 Redcar Esplanade and Promenade
15:14 Zetland Lifeboat Museum and Redcar Heritage Centre
15:53 Redcar Esplanade and Promenade
17:12 Anchor from the Birger
17:32 Redcar Esplanade and Promenade
18:21 Redcar High Street
19:02 Lord Street
19:29 St. Peter's Church
20:18 Lord Street
20:54 Redcar Lane
21:27 Redcar High Street
24:29 Redcar Blue Town Clock
24:41 Thank you for watching!
Stats for nerds:
Distance walked: 1.5 miles/2.4km
Step count: 3000 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 24 mins 16 secs
Average speed: 3.7mph/5.9kmh
Please do not use any footage from this video without my permission.

Пікірлер: 68

  • @lesleyb26
    @lesleyb263 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for being kind to Redcar. It's the poor cousin to neighboring seaside towns and often gets bad press. This little town has spectacular beaches, petrified forests hidden under the sand and beautiful views. Again thank you for your take on little Reeds scar ♡

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're right that Redcar does get a bit of bad press - but on visiting I was thoroughly impressed with the town's history and seaside views. There's certainly much more to Redcar than many people know :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @ryokan9120

    @ryokan9120

    9 ай бұрын

    Hi, I'm thinking of moving to Redcar, but I need to find work. I work in warehouses and I was wondering if there are any warehouse industrial estates in Redcar? Thanks!

  • @ericsimmons4962
    @ericsimmons49623 жыл бұрын

    Yet another quality tour of one of the favourite stomping grounds of my youth. I hope the region can recover from the industrial decline of the past few decades.

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! It means a lot! Redcar is a great place even though it's been through some tough times - hopefully more people come round to seeing its great heritage rather than the years of recent decline :)

  • @MorrisseysMonkey
    @MorrisseysMonkey3 жыл бұрын

    Also the Dunkirk beach scene from 'Atonement' was filmed on Redcar beach.

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! There's seemingly more and more to Redcar than even meets the eye - very interesting to hear, so thanks for sharing with us :) Thank you so much for watching too - I really hope you enjoyed the video!

  • @TheBijouFilmingCo
    @TheBijouFilmingCo Жыл бұрын

    A place I've never given much thought to before. I'd no idea that there was so much to it. A very enlightening film.

  • @user-wp1ot4zt8t
    @user-wp1ot4zt8t2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this. I know Redcar has been struggling for a while but you keep you town so nice and clean. It's a credit to the people who live there.

  • @mikeonfreeserve2926

    @mikeonfreeserve2926

    11 ай бұрын

    There's a council worker in a top to bottom fluorescent suit with a push up agon and a picker and he keeps the High Street spotless. Top job!

  • @GetInspiredMedia
    @GetInspiredMedia2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for these videos. I am living in Australia but lived in the North East of England for 6 years till 2002. I’m a keen walker and hiker and have made many of my own KZread travel videos. However, I recently had major surgery so I’m grounded. Through your videos I’ve had time to visit places I had overlooked when I lived in the NE. Thank you for the research you have put into these videos. It is excellent work and I’m loving walking with you. Thank you and take care. Dave

  • @vaughnwilliams1208
    @vaughnwilliams12083 жыл бұрын

    Redcar is famous for It's "yellow top" ice creams, local signature speciality. Also the kerbstones along the promenade are made from local dark blue limestone with white "devil's toenails" fossils embedded in it. Wow the tale about the Norwegian ship was amazing.

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know about the ice creams - and I certainly didn't know about the kerbs! Thank you so much for sharing, Redcar is a fascinating place, and I was enthralled when I first heard the story of the Berger, it's an incredible tale indeed :) Thank you for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @tom58358

    @tom58358

    2 жыл бұрын

    OMG! IT'S NOT YELLOW TOP! IT'S LEMON TOP! you've just offended all locals with two words

  • @popazz1
    @popazz13 жыл бұрын

    Seeing it through your camera lens, particularly the beach, doesn't instil many fond memories of childhood day trips on the bus from M/Boro but I'm pleased it is finally getting another chance to regenerate. A year or so back there was an ITV 'special' about how the locals were bemoaning the death of the town, how there weren't any jobs, no decent shops and how the place was desolate! I think it has always been the case, where central government is concerned, that anywhere north of Watford Gap isn't worth investing in. That's such a pity. Anywho, as always, thanks for the upload ... and do take care with the traffic all around you!

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! As you say there is more and more regeneration going on in Redcar, I've visited again since making this video and the old cinema is gone now in exchange for a widening of the Promenade :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm very glad you enjoyed the video, and I will indeed take care on the roads!

  • @popazz1

    @popazz1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LetsWalkUK What I didn't mention in my original comment was how as a child the massive amount of hideous looking seaweed which littered the sand really put me off. I don't recall it being as prolific in Whitby and Saltburn or Scarborough. I think Robbin Hood's Bay was riddled with the stuff too. Like marine triffids, hahaha.

  • @juliaeaves9355

    @juliaeaves9355

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a new cinema being built to replace the Regent. Walking past today it looks nearly done. Thanks for a good view of my home town (although I was born 230 miles south).

  • @LoveBlueBell
    @LoveBlueBell10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this. I miss my home town and find it difficult to get back now. I really enjoyed this...brilliant 😊

  • @carlrobert7860

    @carlrobert7860

    6 ай бұрын

    I kind of miss it too. Is my home town, but it’s too far to get to.

  • @kevingill648
    @kevingill6484 ай бұрын

    Originally from New Marske just a few miles away, I spent many times in Redcar in the 60s/70s and back then it was a great Town and I have good memories. Don't know what time of year this video was made but it looks absolutely dead, can't ever remember Redcar so quiet.

  • @gavinmillar7519
    @gavinmillar7519 Жыл бұрын

    Visiting it soon - the seaside is always a winner - and hopefully find a good chippy too!

  • @keithcorrigan658
    @keithcorrigan6582 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou ! Redcar was and is my home town as a child in the 60s and has many happy memories !👫👫👫🌞😃🇬🇧🇳🇿

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! And thank you very much for watching - Redcar is a fascinating place and I'm really glad that this video brought back some nice childhood memories for you :)

  • @smogmonkey
    @smogmonkey3 жыл бұрын

    Nice work! Great video of my hometown 👌 was good to see the regent cinema still standing in its final days before demolition 😔 I have fond memories of going there in the 80’s to see rocky 4, gremlins and ghostbusters. When you visited st Peter’s church you should have panned around to the left to get fisherman’s square in shot aswell 😉 there is also the remains of an old windmill there aswell 👀 but a great video all the same 👍 👍 type in Redcar windmill in google and check out the first image it’s a gem especially the guy sat on top of it 👌

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video, those memories of some great 80s blockbusters at the Regent must be wonderful. Thanks for the tip on the windmill, I'm sorry but I just didn't know it was there 😅 But I've looked it up and you're right - another fascinating part of the Redcar's history :)

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'll link this excellent blog post I found about the windmill so that everyone can see too: www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2015/01/11/the-three-windmills-of-redcar/

  • @dmf2475
    @dmf24753 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, many happy memories of living in Redcar from the 70's through to the 90's. Amazing how some parts of the town are unrecognisable and some haven't changed a bit.

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's always amazing to see how some parts of a town change so much and others stay the same for years, even centuries! But I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed the video, and that it brought back some nice memories of Redcar from the past :) Thank you so much for watching!

  • @srfurley
    @srfurley3 жыл бұрын

    Beach, racecourse, steelworks, unusual mixture.

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very much so! But it makes for a really interesting place to visit :) Thank you for watching!

  • @markabbott3093
    @markabbott30933 жыл бұрын

    Nice to see you use the proper County name of North Yorkshire. We'll done. And not something that was abolished in 1996. 😊😊👍

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha counties and borders in Teesside can be rather confusing indeed - but I think Redcar can be very proud of its triple identity of North Yorkshire, Cleveland and Teesside :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @chriswilliamson590
    @chriswilliamson5903 жыл бұрын

    I do hope to visit in the near future

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope you have a wonderful time! And I really hope you're in Redcar on a warm and sunny day, it makes the town that extra bit more special :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed this video!

  • @kurtlarsen8904
    @kurtlarsen890411 ай бұрын

    I left this place to move to Lillehammer Norway and obviously I can’t say I regret that one but but I definitely don’t hate the place now as much as I did growing up there. Hopefully it improves financially, culturally and socially.

  • @michellebruce5092
    @michellebruce50922 жыл бұрын

    Nice walk in the town of Redcar. I enjoyed it very much. I like the sounds of the seagulls. Very beautiful and interesting. Can't wait to see more soon. Have a great weekend 😀

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video! Redcar is a fascinating place and the seagulls do give it a nice atmosphere - just make sure you protect your chips as you walk down the Promenade :)

  • @jen7662
    @jen76623 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool! The Hub is the home of KZread’s Katnip. She got me interested in Redcar. What a beautiful place to live. Greetings from Minnesota 🙂

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! How very interesting, it seems The Hub really is a hub of activity in Redcar if you'll excuse the pun! Thank you so much for watching the video, I'm really glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @mikeonfreeserve2926
    @mikeonfreeserve292611 ай бұрын

    They used to race supercharged Bentleys and the like on the long stretch of beach in the early 1930s 😮

  • @TheDudeminator
    @TheDudeminator2 жыл бұрын

    Really good video, personally i prefer a running commentary but still good.

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - I'm looking towards adding some audio commentary in the future, so do stay tuned and I'll remake this walk with a running commentary :)

  • @lacey_41
    @lacey_412 жыл бұрын

    Just like I remember.

  • @benallmark9671
    @benallmark96712 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing beach. The wind farm is a eye sore though.

  • @Justin_W
    @Justin_W2 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a really charming place!

  • @clarem6863
    @clarem68632 жыл бұрын

    My fave place been on hol couple yrs running here its fab

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a great place for a day by the beach - and particularly when the sun is shining, there's often a great energy to Redcar :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed this walk!

  • @benallmark9671
    @benallmark96712 жыл бұрын

    I think Redcar needs to build a new pier and put a bunch of lights on it m light it up like a Christmas tree !

  • @grahamread8732
    @grahamread87323 жыл бұрын

    I was born in warrenby till the steelworks closed it down and the village dissapeared the seafront I know well little ernies amusement hall was our meeting point often and till 1962 the pier dancing I believe 1shilling and 6pence admission tuesday evenings

  • @LetsWalkUK

    @LetsWalkUK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Some great memories - those prices seem worlds away nowadays for an evening by the seaside :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @davidmcnally4773
    @davidmcnally47732 жыл бұрын

    Redcar, once transformed into a second world war scene in the film atonement and other scenes filmed at south gare where the beach meets the river tees

  • @cherylcronk1786
    @cherylcronk17862 жыл бұрын

    I have noticed that cars do not park the same way as the traffic flow. Ie some are nose to nose. It is illegal here.

  • @lacey_41
    @lacey_412 жыл бұрын

    In the little fruit stand 2 minutes in that’s me mates grandmothrr

  • @LoveBlueBell
    @LoveBlueBell10 ай бұрын

    You missed Paccitos 😋

  • @martinkhan6524
    @martinkhan65242 жыл бұрын

    Redcar was always cold….

  • @youreright3664
    @youreright36643 жыл бұрын

    The high st, is also home to obese teenage mothers and their obese mothers, with the occasional nice bit if totty. Chavs are also in plentiful supply. The best thing about redcar.... is Saltburn is just down the road. Same they tore down the old cinema. They filmed Atonement (movie with Kiera knightly) on redcar beach....left of the old cinema. Under the sand, where you stepped onto the beach are the remains of an old wooden boat, that got washed up.... Much further down the beach.... you can sometimes find found Seal pups, laying on the beach.... as I did last week. Quite common apparently. Still alive of course.

  • @bigdaddyprince3994
    @bigdaddyprince3994 Жыл бұрын

    Camera was making me sea sick bouncing up and down all the time.

  • @ArgosWarrior
    @ArgosWarrior2 жыл бұрын

    Went to Redcar sea front today, I thought I was in India or Pakistan

  • @Michael020
    @Michael0202 жыл бұрын

    Slightly depressing ha

  • @lynnthompson4363
    @lynnthompson43633 жыл бұрын

    A shadow of it's former self, such a shame. I don't like it as it is now.........

  • @ubanexplorer769
    @ubanexplorer7693 жыл бұрын

    Shouldn't be travelling to these locations! While on lock down it's non-essential travel and it's breaking the law! Just saying.