Redcar

Redcar
Town
left to right: The seafront and High Street The Beacon and Clock Tower The boating lake and Kirkleatham Hall
Redcar Location within North Yorkshire
Population	37,073 [1]
OS grid reference	NZ601252
• London	220 mi (350 km) SSE
Unitary authority	Redcar and Cleveland
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Places	List Coatham Dormanstown Kirkleatham Warrenby
Post town	REDCAR
Postcode district	TS10–TS11
Dialling code	01642
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Redcar
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°37′05″N 1°04′08″W / 54.618°N 1.069°W / 54.618; -1.069

Redcar /ˈrɛdkər/ /rɛdkɑːr/ is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority. It is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, and is located 7 miles (11 km) east of Middlesbrough.

The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of 37,073 at the 2011 Census.^[1] The town is made up of Coatham, Dormanstown, Kirkleatham, Newcomen, West Dyke, Wheatlands and Zetland.^[2]

It gained a town charter in 1922, from then until 1968 it was governed by the municipal borough of Redcar. Since the abolition of County Borough of Teesside, which existed from 1968 until 1974, the town has been unparished.^[3]