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On a beach…welcome to manonabeach.com, where I’ll regularly add video of my beach visits, so you can enjoy a flavour of the beach, even when you’re not there.

Seaham Hall

Season: summer

Seaham Hall is where Lord Byron married the heiress Annie Milebanke in 1815. This strand is also known as Seaham North Beach. There is a promenade behind the beach, as well as a marina and shops, a long way from the industrial days of glass-making in the 1920’s. The beach is mostly sandy and extends well to the north of the town, where you can find shops, cafes and pubs.

Jacqui and Andrew share their appreciation of the beach.

What the beach means to June and Charlie.

A view from beside Seaham Marina.

Horden Beach

Season: summer

Located south of Horden Point and looking out over Dene Mouth, Horden’s beach is made up of shingle and pebble. Once the site of dreadful pollution deriving from the nearby pits, the only evidence of this industrial heritage is a red hue of iron ore in some of the rocks on the beach, which has now been extensively cleaned. Most of the coal effluent has been washed away and this is now a recovered natural environment, now comprising two Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Dogs are welcome and this is now a fine beach for a healthy walk. The immediate backdrop is grasslands and cliffs. Shops are available in Peterlee.

With Anthony at Horden beach.

The revitalised Horden beach.

Crimdon Park Beach

Season: summer

Crimdon Park Beach is sandy and backed by dunes and cliffs, behind which is the eponymous caravan park. Located to the north of Hartlepool, the beach once attracted day trippers from the nearby industrial mining towns, now long gone. One benefit of this industrial decline is the improved cleanliness of the Durham beaches in general, along with an increasing acknowledgement of the well-being benefit of being in these wonderful wild spaces. Dogs are welcome here and there is space for a long, invigorating walk along the beach at any time of the year.

hat the beach means to Adam.

A summer day at Crimdon.