Where: England · Europe · approx. 54.82, -1.33 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: 19th to 20th century
What turns up: Sea glass, bottle shards and pottery mixed with black colliery-spoil sand and lumps of coal and ironstone; the beach featured as an alien landscape in the film Alien 3.
Access: Restricted.
Open-access beach below the Nose's Point car park within the Durham Heritage Coast; the foreshore is a designated SSSI (Durham Coast) so removal of natural features is discouraged, though picking up loose sea glass is generally tolerated. The magnesian-limestone cliffs and made ground are eroding and unstable, and digging into the cliff or spoil is dangerous and not permitted.
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Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.