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Things To Do on the Durham Coast

Walk the coastal footpath, enjoy a spa day or visit the county’s biggest outlet shopping centre at Dalton Park.

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  1. View of Seaham Coast from above

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    Seaham

    Seaham Beach is a pleasant stretch of rocky and sandy beach, with rocks pools a plenty. The dog-friendly beach stretches for approx. one mile along the town’s coastline, from the harbour wall to the north of the town.

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  2. Tommy statue at sunset

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    Seaham

    Tommy is a statue of a Great War soldier by artist Ray Lonsdale. Displayed close to Seaham war memorial, on Terrace Green by the seafront in Seaham, County Durham.  It depicts a First World War soldier, wearing boots, puttees, greatcoat and tin hat,…

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  3. East Durham Heritage and Lifeboat Centre

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    East Durham Heritage and Lifeboat Centre

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    Seaham

    The East Durham Heritage and Lifeboat Centre displays the historic lifeboat The George Elmy and gives and insight into the rich heritage of the area.

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  4. Coastline at Horden

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    This coastal site has impressive views to the north and south. On a clear day, you will be able to see all the way to North Yorkshire.

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  5. Aerial view of Blast Beach

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    Seaham

    The Durham Coast is well known for its spectacular wildflowers. Some of the fields at Blast Beach are among the best places to enjoy them, with plants like bloody cranesbill, dyer’s greenweed and devil’s-bit scabious creating a riot of colour in the…

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  6. Dalton Moor School of Sustainable Living & Wellbeing logo

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    Dalton le Dale, Seaham

    At Dalton Moor Farm, School of Sustainable Living & Wellbeing, whether you want to learn how to forage for wild food, weave a willow basket, learn more about the farm on a guided farm tour, find your rhythm at a drum circle, howl at the full moon,…

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  7. Exterior view of The EDAN Gallery

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    The EDAN Gallery is the only dedicated art gallery in East Durham. 

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  8. St Mary the Virgin Church

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    St Mary the Virgin is an Anglo-Saxon church listed as being 1 of 20 pre-Viking churches in the country. Founded around 700AD, the chancel was rebuilt in the Norman period and a tower around 1300. It overlooks the cliffs of the Durham coast.

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  9. View of Nose's Point

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    The sea has played a key role in the way Nose’s Point looks and the plants and animals found here, the magnesian limestone bedrock, laid down in an ancient sea, has given rise to a rare form of grassland with unique populations of plants and animals…

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  10. Dalton Moor Farm Owners Jenny and Tom

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    Dalton Moor - Vegan Fruit Farm

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    Dalton le Dale, Seaham

    Vegan Foods and Drinks, hand made from fresh wild and cultivated plants grown right here on the farm.

    From 15th October we will have Pumpkins available for sale, along with a range of pumpkin and hallowe’en related activities, listed on our website…

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