Our Coast, Our Sea - Wartime explosives at Goswick Beach

20 September 2009

During the 1940s, Goswick Beach was used for training allied aircrew for the D Day landings in June 1944. The range was decommissioned after the war, but ordnance remains buried deep in the sand. Between 12 noon and 3pm on Tuesday 22 September, the RAF bomb disposal team will detonate live explosives, so access to the beach and to Holy Island will be restricted during that time.

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