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{{Short description|Borough in North Yorkshire, England}}
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| subdivision_name3       = [[North Yorkshire]]
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| subdivision_name4       = [[Tees Valley]]
| established_title       = Incorporated
| established_date        = [[Local Government Act 1972|1 April 1974]]
| established_title1      = Unitary authority
| established_date1       = [[1990s United Kingdom local government reform|1 April 1996]]
| named_for               = [[Redcar]] and [[Cleveland, Yorkshire|Cleveland]]
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| seat                    = [[Redcar]]
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| leader_name2            = Alec Brown ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
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| leader_name3            = Neil Bendelow
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 {{Collapsible list |title=2 MPs
 | [[Luke Myer]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Anna Turley]] ([[Labour and Co-operative Party|L]])
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 | 97.7% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
 | 0.9% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
 | 0.8% [[British Asians|Asian]]
 | 0.4% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
 | 0.2% [[Black British people|Black]]
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 | 53.0% [[Religion in England#Christianity|Christianity]]
 | 40.2% [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|no religion]]
 | 0.7% [[Islam in England|Islam]]
 | 0.2% [[Buddhism in England|Buddhism]]
 | 0.1% [[Hinduism in England|Hinduism]]
 | 0.1% [[Sikhism in England|Sikhism]]
 | 0.0% [[History of the Jews in England|Judaism]]
 | 0.4% [[Religion in England|other]]
 | 5.3% not stated
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'''Redcar and Cleveland''' is a [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] area with [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in the [[ceremonial county]] of [[North Yorkshire]], England. Its council has been a [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] since 1996.

The borough was created in 1974 as '''Langbaurgh''', and was one of four boroughs in the [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Cleveland (county)|Cleveland]]. It was renamed '''Langbaurgh-on-Tees''' in 1988, and given its present name when Cleveland was abolished in 1996; the borough was made a unitary authority in the same year. Redcar and Cleveland is part of the [[Tees Valley]] [[combined authority]], which also includes the boroughs of [[Borough of Darlington|Darlington]], [[Borough of Middlesbrough|Middlesbrough]], [[Borough of Hartlepool|Hartlepool]] and [[Borough of Stockton-on-Tees|Stockton-on-Tees]]; the latter three were also formerly in Cleveland County.

Its main settlement is the town of [[Redcar]]. Other notable towns and villages include [[South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland|South Bank]], [[Eston]], [[Brotton]], [[Guisborough]], [[Greater Eston]], [[Loftus, North Yorkshire|Loftus]], [[Saltburn-by-the-Sea]] and [[Skelton-in-Cleveland|Skelton]].

==History==
The district was created in 1974 as the [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough]] of Langbaurgh, one of four [[non-metropolitan district|districts]] of the new [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Cleveland (county)|Cleveland]]. It was formed from the Coatham, [[Eston]] Grange, Kirkleatham, Ormesby, Redcar and South Bank wards of the [[County Borough of Teesside]], along with [[Guisborough]], [[Loftus, North Yorkshire|Loftus]], [[Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea]] and [[Skelton and Brotton]] [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s, from the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]]. The borough was named after the ancient [[Langbaurgh (wapentake)|Langbaurgh]] [[wapentake]] of [[Yorkshire]]. On 1 January 1988 the borough was renamed Langbaurgh-on-Tees.<ref name='name'>'The name of the borough was changed from Langbaurgh to Langbaurgh-on-Tees on 1st January 1988, following a resolution of Langbaurgh Borough Council. The name of the borough was changed from Langbaurgh-on-Tees to Redcar and Cleveland on 1st April 1996 by the Cleveland (Structural Change) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/187).' {{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/162/made|title=The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003}}</ref>
[[File:Redcar and Cleveland Town Hall.jpg|250px|thumb|Redcar and Cleveland Town Hall on Fabian Road, [[Teesville]]]]
Cleveland County was abolished on 1 April 1996, with its districts becoming unitary authority areas. At this time Langbaurgh-on-Tees was renamed Redcar and Cleveland.<ref name='name'/> Upon becoming a unitary authority, Langbaurgh-on-Tees Borough Council was renamed [[Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council]] and acquired all the full rights and duties as a county, whilst retaining the same boundaries as before.

== Demographics ==
{{Main|Demographics of Tees Valley}}The borough had a population of 135,200 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table P07 2011 Census: Number of usual residents living in households and communal establishments, local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-257414 |access-date=17 July 2012 |work=2011 Census, Population and Household Estimates for England and Wales |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref>

==Economy==
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|image1=Roundabout, High Street (A1085), Marske (geograph 7242735).jpg
|image2=Two sides of a square, Church Street, Guisborough (geograph 6576976).jpg
|image3=Station approach in Saltburn - geograph.org.uk - 250970.jpg
|image4=High Street, Skelton (geograph 6644943).jpg
|footer=[[Marske-by-the-Sea|Marske]]'s High Street, [[Guisborough]]'s Church Street, [[Saltburn-by-the-Sea|Saltburn]]'s Station Street and [[Skelton-in-Cleveland|Skelton]]'s High Street
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This is a chart of trend of regional gross 'value added' of South Teesside at current basic prices<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RegionalGVA.pdf|title=Regional Gross 'Value Added' of South Teesside|pages=240–253 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> by the ''Office for National Statistics'' with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Regional Gross Value Added{{ref|fn_4}} || Agriculture{{ref|fn_1}} || Industry{{ref|fn_2}} || Services{{ref|fn_3}}
|-
| 1995 || '''2,428''' || 9 || 926 || 1,493
|-
| 2000 || '''2,919''' || 11 || 940 || 1,967
|-
| 2003 || '''3,167''' || 10 || 970 || 2,187
|-
| 2006 || '''3,982''' || 11 || 997 || 4,187
|}

{{note|fn_1}} includes hunting and forestry

{{note|fn_2}} includes energy and construction

{{note|fn_3}} includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

{{note|fn_4}} Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

==Local Industry==
{{Main|Wilton International}}
The main industry within the greater district of the town of Redcar is the Chemical Industry located close to [[Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland|Wilton]] village on the Chemical Industry Park known internationally as Wilton. The chemical companies are all members of the [[Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster]] (NEPIC).

The Wilton chemical site is owned by Singaporean utility company [[Sembcorp]] and companies operating there include [[SABIC]] who have recently built the world's largest low-density polyethylene plant (LDPE) and still operate an ethylene cracker. [[Lotte Chemicals]] are expanding both PTA and PET production. [[Huntsman Corporation|Huntsman]] manufacture polyurethane intermediates and [[Ensus]] have built Europe's largest bioethanol facility. Biffa Polymers now operate a polymer recycling plant that handles up to 30% of the UKs plastic milk bottles. While in support of Sembcorp, who built the UK's first wood-fired power station (Wilton 10), UK Wood Recycling Limited have a significant facility on the site providing waste wood to fuel Wilton 10.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Wood Recycling |url=http://www.ukwr.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213231559/http://www.ukwr.co.uk/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=13 December 2007 |website=www.ukwr.co.uk |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>

The [[Teesside Steelworks]] operated Europe's second largest [[blast furnace]]. The majority of the steelworks (including the Redcar blast furnace, Redcar and South Bank coke ovens and the BOS plant at Lackenby) closed in 2015, but the [[Teesside Beam Mill]] still operates, producing beams for the construction industry.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vast Scale of New British Steel Furnace Revealed As Plans Submitted |url=https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/news/vast-scale-of-new-british-steel-furnace-revealed-as-plans-submitted/ |access-date=4 July 2024 |work=Tees Valley |date=20 December 2023}}</ref>

==Social housing==

===Coast and Country Housing Limited===
[[Coast & Country Housing Limited|Coast and Country]] [[Large Scale Voluntary Transfer|took over]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=work |first1=Communities that |title=Three new Communities that Work members announced |url=https://www.communitiesthatwork.co.uk/news-articles/three-new-guac-members-announced/ |website=Communities that Work |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> the ownership and management of homes from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in July 2002.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Live |first1=Teesside |title=Five years of investment and regeneration provides platform for major growth |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/five-years-investment-regeneration-provides-3744762 |website=TeessideLive |access-date=19 April 2021 |language=en |date=26 June 2007}}</ref> In addition to providing core housing services the company has also invested in [[independent living]] services, including the development of a new Telecare service in partnership with the Borough Council.

===Beyond Housing===
In 2018, Coast and Country merged with Yorkshire Coast Homes to form Beyond Housing Limited, a [[Industrial and provident society|Community Benefit Society]] with 15,000 properties across Teesside and North Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robson |first1=Dave |title=Thousands of Coast & Country tenants have a new landlord |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/coast--country-tenants-new-14979526 |website=TeessideLive |access-date=19 April 2021 |language=en |date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://beyondhousing.co.uk/about-us/ |website=Beyond Housing |date=18 September 2018 |access-date=19 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Local nature reserves==
The council maintains a number of [[Local nature reserve]]s. These are Guisborough Branch Walkway, [[Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland#Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park|Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park]] and Rosecroft Wood, Loftus Wood, Whitecliff Wood, Clarksons Wood, Errington Wood and [[Eston Nab|Eston Moor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/main.nsf/Web+Full+List/206E97DA112CB28280256C050034D86E?OpenDocument |title=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Redcar and Cleveland Council |access-date=29 January 2011}}</ref>

==Towns and parishes==
{{further|List of civil parishes in North Yorkshire}}
There are five [[civil parish]]es in the borough. The parish councils for Guisborough and Loftus have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". The north-west of the borough, corresponding to the parts that were in the [[County Borough of Teesside]] between 1968 and 1974 (including [[Redcar]] and [[Eston]] and adjoining areas), is an [[unparished area]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yorkshire North Riding: Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1971 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/241245064 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> The parishes are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish and Town Councils |url=https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/councillors/parish-and-town-councils |website=Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[Guisborough]]
*[[Lockwood, North Yorkshire|Lockwood]]
*[[Loftus, North Yorkshire|Loftus]]
*[[Saltburn, Marske and New Marske]]
*[[Skelton and Brotton]]

==Wards==
As of 2024, the borough has 24 [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|wards]] represented by 59 councillors. These are named:
Belmont, [[Brotton]], [[Coatham]], [[Dormanstown]], [[Eston]], [[Grangetown, North Yorkshire|Grangetown]], [[Guisborough]], [[Hutton Village|Hutton]], [[Kirkleatham]], [[Lockwood, North Yorkshire|Lockwood]], [[Loftus, North Yorkshire|Loftus]], Longbeck, Newcomen, [[Normanby, Redcar and Cleveland|Normanby]], [[Ormesby]], [[Saltburn-by-the-Sea|Saltburn]], Skelton East, Skelton West, [[South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland|South Bank]], St Germain's, [[Teesville]], West Dyke, Wheatlands, and Zetland.<ref>[https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/voting-and-elections/types-of-elections/local-elections Redcar and Cleveland: Types of Elections]</ref>

==Town twinning==
Redcar and Cleveland is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* [[Troisdorf]], Germany, since 1990

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/NeighbourhoodProfileSearch.do?areaId=276814 Statistics] about Redcar & Cleveland from the [[Office for National Statistics]] [[United Kingdom Census 2001|Census 2001]]

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