Chemical Beach — Attraction in Seaham

A fair number of the reviews to the Chemical Beach are actually referring to the Dawden Blast Beach which is the beach in the long shallow bay that runs southwards from the main car park at Noses Point. The Chemical Beach is a smaller beach that lies directly in front of the roadside parking you first pass after turning off the main road towards Noses Point. Access to the beach is not that easy. From the roadside parking bays climb over the fence towards the sea and pick up one of the small paths that lead northwards and downwards to a steep section that leads down to a scramble over large boulders down to the beach. Alternatively you can park at Noses Point and take the steep path down onto the blast beach and then head along the beach northwards through a series of sea caves and rocky scrambling round to the Chemical Beach. This route is worth doing to see the caves but is tidal, being completely sea covered for part of the tide, and some of the rocky shore can be very slippy. The beach is interesting and a great photographic location. With it’s large sea stack and industrial remains it is well worth the effort, some of the features are well known in the local photographic community. It seems like a popular place for fishing too and is usually fairly quiet due to the awkwardness of access. No facilities near the free parking but close to...

I love it here. I'd happily volunteer to help improve the path down to the beach if there were an official team to help improve it. Every time I go erosion has taken its toll on the path downhill.

The beach is amazing.

It does have a strange quality to it with some standing pools of water and the cliffs, with some areas of the beach being rocky and other areas more sandy.

The variety in one area is great.

Well worth a walk if you can cope with the path down, if you struggle with mobility then it may be a lot more challenging. There are also some steps if you walk along the cliff top for a while before descending.

To my knowledge it is not accessible by wheelchair/ buggy/ pram.

There is a reasonable car park at the top. Some of the cliff top paths are more...

This is a fab cove situated at the bottom of a cliff. The beach is mainly shingle but nevertheless it's a gorgeous location that I suspect does not get busy in the slightest. Access is via a narrow path winding downwards. You then need to scramble over the huge rocks at the bottom. If you Park in Noses Point carpark, walk to the left then access the path by going in-between the wooden fence and the crash barrier. Word of warning! The path is not for the faint hearted and I would not even try it if it was raining. If you have seen the movie Alien 3, bits of this were...