Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Saturday 11th July, 2026

After our excursion to the Ashington Colliery we drove on towards the coast, which was a short drive, to visit Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and have a morning coffee.

It’s a small fishing port and home to the first permanent offshore sculpture, The Couple.

The Couple, an offshore sculpture

Launching and retrieval of fishing boats is always done using a tractor

Some of the tractors

…..and more tractors

And just a few more

So many in fact that some tractors have to parallel park in the side streets