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Hawthorn Dene Nature Reserve – Blast Beach, Seaham loop from Hawthorn Dene SSSI

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Hawthorn Dene Nature Reserve – Blast Beach, Seaham loop from Hawthorn Dene SSSI

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Hawthorn Dene Nature Reserve – Blast Beach, Seaham loop from Hawthorn Dene SSSI

01:13

10.6km

120m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Bus stop

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2.16 km

Hawthorn Dene Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

A pretty stretch of woodland that follows the Hawthorn Burn inland from the coast. The area is a designated nature reserve.

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3.89 km

Hawthorn Hive

Highlight • Rest Area

great spot but careful crossing the railway line

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5.32 km

Blast beach was once described as one of the most polluted beaches in the world. The waste and effluent from the local mines was dumped straight onto the beach up to the 1980's giving the area an almost alien look. So much so that local boy Ridley Scott remembered the place and actually used the location in a scene from Alien 3 to represent an alien word with a penal colony where the heroine Ripley lands. Since then the beach has been cleaned up and transformed and is now a local tourist spot and is part of the National Trust. Interesting to visit for fans of the Alien film franchise and also for the spectacular sea views. Best done on a gravel/MTB as you can access the off road tracks that run along the beach.
Just to continue the film world connections, Blast beach was also used in the 1970's British gangster film Get Carter.

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7.11 km

Blast Beach, Seaham

Highlight • Beach

were open scene of alien 3 was filmed

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10.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.99 km

1.71 km

942 m

522 m

216 m

182 m

Surfaces

4.07 km

2.63 km

1.20 km

944 m

899 m

809 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 19 May

17°C

9°C

59 %

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Hawthorn Dene Nature Reserve – Blast Beach, Seaham loop from Hawthorn Dene SSSI

Hawthorn Dene Nature Reserve

Hawthorn Hive

Blast Beach

Blast Beach, Seaham

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