Cresswell, Northumberland

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Cresswell is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated approximately 6 km (4 miles) to the north of Ashington, on the North Sea coast.

It is a popular bird watching area with Cresswell pond & bird hide nearby and the Druridge Bay Country Park less than 3 miles away. The village has one ice cream shop which closes out of season. The village also has two caravan holiday home parks - Cresswell Towers and Golden Sands. Cresswell Towers takes its name from the old tower nearby.

Looking east. The rocky area behind the ice cream shop is known as 'The Carrs'. 500 metres south is 'Snab Point'. The area north from Snab Point is a firm favourite with sea anglers particularly in the winter months when the cod moves close inshore.

Looking west from the same vantage point.

Cresswell Tower. The 'Cresswell Tower' caravan holiday park adjoins to the right

Snab Point, 500 metres south of The Carrs, is a sheltered bay with the Alcan aluminium smelting plant on its south side. Embedded in the small cliffs of Snab Point are the remnants of fossilised trees. The beach area is littered with the remnants of fossilised wood and small seams of coal can be seen in the cliffs. Depending on the tides and wind, vast swathes of sea coal is washed up within the bay. The area was formed during the carboniferous period some 310 million years ago, when the current land mass was in a region below southern Spain, more than 1000 miles south of its present position.