Show on map Gunner John Thomas Smith died on the 21st June 1887 aged 28 in an accident at Redcar Battery. The date is significant as he died preparing the royal salute for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee.
The gravestone was erected by the First North Riding of Yorkshire Volunteer Artilliary, but over the years the cannon balls on the grave were either lost or stolen. They have recently been replaced by the Friends of Redcar Cemetery with cannon balls retrieved from the sea bed locally.
Show on map The Birger was the vessel that collided with Victoria Pier on 18th October 1898.
13 of the 15 crew lost their lives so the anchor which was recovered in 1999 by the Cleveland Divers Club is now used as a memorial to mariners.
UPDATE : As of 2012 the anchor is no longer there due to the development of the new seawall, whether it will return is unknown.
Show on map Seven Red Plaice by David Kemp was unveiled on Wednesday October 16th 2002 when the Regents Walk development was completed.
 
Show on map Samuel Plimsoll devised the Plimsoll Line (not just the pub on he High Street) to indicate the maximum legal limit to which a ship could be loaded, it became law in 1876 after a long strggle including Plimsoll calling members of the House of Commons “villains” and shaking his fist in the Speaker’s face
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The plaque on marks the location of the house in which he stayed when visiting Redcar.
Show on map This mosaic memorial to Mo Mowlem by John Todd was unveiled on 23rd October 2009, It was funded by £12,000 of public donations.
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 (its location makes it tricky to photograph whole)
 
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Subject matter includes local steelworks and racecourse, doves for the Northern Ireland Peace deal and the Houses of Parliament
 
 
 The 1930s boating lake has recently been redeveloped at a cost of £850,000
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‘Mare et Ferro’ – Sea and Iron, granted 10th October 1922 (Coatham Enclosure was built in the 1930s)
The heavily eroded parts at the top are iron ingots and a blast furnace, they can be seen better in this printed version
Show on map 23 local scenes from 1994/1995 by the blacksmith Chris Topp from designs by Stephen Abbey, Humphrey Holland, Richard Albanese and Pete Douglas. , situated between the Regent cinema and the boating lake.
They all contain letters which form a riddle (answers on a postcard)
UPDATE : As of 2012 these have been removed for the development of the new sea wall, it is unknown whether they will return.
UPDATE : The returned in 2013, but in different locations all along the sea front.
Show on map Unveiled as part of the recent wave of Redcar Heritage plaques.
The New Inn, Coathams first Hotel was built 1760 “for the accommodation of sea bathers”, become the Waterloo tavern in 1825, closed 1865.
 
Show on map Red Barns has the family home of Gertrude Bell, writer, traveller, political analyst, archaeologist.
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Bell and T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) helped to create the Hashemite dynasty in Jordan and define the outline of the modern state of Iraq.
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Show on map The Zetland Lifeboat Museum houses the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world, from 1802
Its has just gained its new heritage plaque recording that building was constructed in 1877 and had housed the Zetland since 1907, upstairs at the museum there is a fine collection of old photographs of Redcar.
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A coastwatch station, is located above the museum, they have a memorial plaque on the other side of the building to Captain James Lynn Elliot for his dedication to the Sea Safety group.
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