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Seaham Beach
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Seaham, England
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The lively harbour town of Seaham is found on the Durham Heritage Coast and is world-famous for its abundance of unique sea glass, which people travel from far and wide for a chance to collect.  What is Sea Glass and where did it come from? Sea Glass is the name given to man made glass which has been discarded into the sea, then tumbled and shaped by the sea over several years before returning to the shore. Sea Glass can be found on many beaches around the world, but the amount of glass and the different colours you can find at Seaham make it a ‘must-visit’ site for collectors. Seaham and nearby Sunderland were home to many bottleworks and glass making factories during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Seaham boasted the largest glass bottle works in Britain – The Londonderry Bottleworks, operating from the 1850s to 1921.
The lively harbour town of Seaham is found on the Durham Heritage Coast and is world-famous for its abundance of unique sea glass, which people travel from far and wide for a chance to collect.  What is Sea Glass and where did it come from? Sea Glass is the name given to man made glass which has…
Serve the day collecting the world famous Seaham glass used to create jewellery and art work.
Until the 1920s Seaham had one of the country’s largest glass factories. Today, almost 100 years after the plant closed, Seaham Beach is possibly the best place to go for smooth, multi-coloured sea glass. Beachcombers might find the smooth glass stones on the shore line, as well as fossils and shells. Seaham Beach is a pleasant sandy beach, with some areas of rock, which stretches on for around half a mile beyond the north of the town and harbour
Until the 1920s Seaham had one of the country’s largest glass factories. Today, almost 100 years after the plant closed, Seaham Beach is possibly the best place to go for smooth, multi-coloured sea glass. Beachcombers might find the smooth glass stones on the shore line, as well as fossils and she…