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County Durham, England
Horden colliery beach, Durham coast
Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea glass
Old bottles
Sea potteryPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
One of the great Durham collieries from 1900, tipping spoil across the shore for decades. Beach yields sea glass and colliery-era refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
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