Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland | ||
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Borough of Redcar and Cleveland | ||
Combined authority Tees Valley | | |
Ceremonial County | North Yorkshire | |
Admin. HQ | Redcar | |
Government | ||
• Body | Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | |
• MPs: | Simon Clarke (C) Jacob Young (C) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 94.6 sq mi (245.1 km2) | |
• Rank | 135th | |
Population (2021) | ||
• Total | 136,616 | |
• Rank | Ranked 169th | |
• Density | 1,400/sq mi (560/km2) | |
Ethnicity (2021) | ||
• Ethnic groups | ||
Religion (2021) | ||
• Religion | List
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UTC+1 (British Summer Time) | ||
ONS code | 00EE (ONS) E06000003 (GSS) | |
Website | redcar-cleveland |
Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority area with borough status in North Yorkshire, England.
The borough was created in 1974 as Langbaurgh, and was one of four boroughs in the
Its main settlement is the town of Redcar. Other notable towns and villages include South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, Greater Eston, Loftus, Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Skelton. The borough had a population of 135,200 in 2011.[2]
History
The district was created in 1974 as the
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. Cleveland County was a two-tier local authority, with the county council being superior to its four districts, of which Langbaurgh-on-Tees was one. 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
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross 'value added' of South Teesside at current basic prices[3] by the Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
Year | Regional Gross Value Added[1] | Agriculture[2] | Industry[3] | Services[4] |
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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 |
^ includes hunting and forestry
^ includes energy and construction
^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
Local Industry
The main industry within the greater district of the town of Redcar is the Chemical Industry located close to
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 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.[4]
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.
Social housing
Coast and Country Housing Limited
Coast and Country took over[5] the ownership and management of homes from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in July 2002.[6] 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 Community Benefit Society with 15,000 properties across Teesside and North Yorkshire.[7][8]
Local nature reserves
The council maintains a number of Local nature reserves. These are Guisborough Branch Walkway, Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park and Rosecroft Wood, Loftus Wood, Whitecliff Wood, Clarksons Wood, Errington Wood and Eston Moor.[9]
Towns and parishes
There are five civil parishes 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.[10][11] The parishes are:[12]
Town twinning
Redcar and Cleveland is
- Troisdorf, Germany, since 1990
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Table P07 2011 Census: Number of usual residents living in households and communal establishments, local authorities in England and Wales". 2011 Census, Population and Household Estimates for England and Wales. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Regional Gross 'Value Added' of South Teesside" (PDF). Office for National Statistics. pp. 240–253.
- ^ "UK Wood Recycling". www.ukwr.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ work, Communities that. "Three new Communities that Work members announced". Communities that Work. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Live, Teesside (26 June 2007). "Five years of investment and regeneration provides platform for major growth". TeessideLive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ Robson, Dave (2 August 2018). "Thousands of Coast & Country tenants have a new landlord". TeessideLive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "About Us". Beyond Housing. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Local Nature Reserves". Redcar and Cleveland Council. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
- ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Yorkshire North Riding: Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1971". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Parish and Town Councils". Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
External links
- Statistics about Redcar & Cleveland from the Census 2001
- Borough Council website