South Gare & Coatham Sands SSSI (grid reference NZ582263) is a 381.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, England notified in 1971. SSSIs are designated by Natural England, formally English Nature, which uses the 1974–1996 county system. This means there is no grouping of SSSIs by Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority, or North Yorkshire which is the relevant ceremonial county.
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The Teesdale Way is a long-distance walk between the Cumbrian Pennines and the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire in England. The walk is 100 miles in length; it links in with other long-distance walks such as the Pennine Way and the E2 European Walk between Harwich and Stranraer.
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Warrenby is a depopulated area of Redcar in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is a light industrial area and is no longer residential.
Warrenby is on the edge of Coatham Marsh, and was originally called Warrenstown. It was founded in 1873, to provide housing for workers at the nearby ironworks of Downey & Co and Walker Maynard.
In the Warrenby Disaster of 1895, eleven men, many from the village of Warrenby, were killed in a boiler explosion at the works.
Warrenby Halt railway station was opened in 1920 as a halt on the Middlesbrough & Redcar Railway. This was to serve the nearby Dorman Long steelworks. In 1978, the railway was realigned to make way for the expansion of Redcar steel plant, and so the halt was demolished.
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Coatham is an area of Redcar, in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
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The Coatham Bowl was an entertainment venue located in Redcar, England. It hosted events ranging from conferences, dances and pop concerts. The bowl was a particularly popular venue for concerts during the early-1970s to 1990s. Notable past performers include Whitesnake, Yes, Iron Maiden, Uriah Heep. In 2014 the venue was demolished.
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Coatham Marsh is a 54-hectare nature reserve near to Redcar in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, England. The site is a local nature reserve and part of the Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SSSI.
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As such South Gare & Coatham Sands is one of 18 SSSIs in the Cleveland area of search.
See also
South Gare
Sources
English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 6 August 2006)