Lynemouth
Lynemouth is a village in Northumberland, England, 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Ashington, close to the village of Ellington to the north west. It was built close to coal mines, including Lynemouth Colliery.
Lynemouth | |
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Market Square, Lynemouth | |
Lynemouth Location within Northumberland | |
Population | 1,858 (2011 census) |
OS grid reference | NZ295915 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MORPETH |
Postcode district | NE61 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
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Lynemouth and the surrounding industrial area featured in the 1985 docudrama Seacoal about the seacoalers who made a living from collecting waste coal from the beach. A series of photographs in the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award–winning book In Flagrante (1988) by Chris Killip shows the work and life of the seacoalers; more were published in 2011 in the book Seacoal.
To the south of the village is the former Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter, now closed, and Lynemouth Power Station.
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