Seal Sands
Seal Sands is a 294.37 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England, notified in 1966. Situated in the mouth of the River Tees next to Greatham Creek and Seaton-on-Tees Channel, the site is accessible from the A178 road running between Seaton Carew and Port Clarence.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station and Seal Sands Power Station.
Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station
Power station
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Hartlepool nuclear power station is a nuclear power station situated on the northern bank of the mouth of the River Tees, 2.5 mi south of Hartlepool in County Durham, North East England.
Seal Sands Power Station
Electrical generator
Seal Sands Power Station is a gas-fired gas turbine power station situated on the River Tees at Seal Sands near Billingham, in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which is part of County Durham, North East England.
Graythorp
Graythorp was a village and now a trading estate within the borough of Hartlepool and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located on the A178 Tees Road about 1 mile south of Hartlepool.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greatham and Cowpen Bewley.
Greatham
Village
Greatham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish was taken in the 2011 census was 2,132. Greatham village is located approximately three miles south of Hartlepool town centre. Greatham is situated 2 miles northwest of Seal Sands.
Cowpen Bewley
Village
Photo: Wheatley Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cowpen Bewley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Billingham, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 706. Cowpen Bewley is situated 2½ miles west of Seal Sands.
Haverton Hill
Locality
Haverton Hill is an area within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. Once considered a part of Billingham, Haverton Hill was once a thriving industrial community which has suffered significant depopulation since the 1960s as a result of pollution. Haverton Hill is situated 2½ miles southwest of Seal Sands.
Seal Sands
- Type: Locality
- Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Categories: protected area and industrial park
- Location: Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.62232° or 54° 37′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.20024° or 1° 12′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C6WJQCX+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 634171742OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q7440539
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