Why Redcar and Cleveland
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.
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
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!

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