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Tyne and Wear, England
Ryhope colliery coast south of Sunderland
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
Colliery village whose pit and household waste met the Durham coast from the 1850s. Beach gathers sea glass and pottery in the Seaham manner.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.