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Ashington grew
as a coal mining
community from
little more than
a collection of
farms in the
early nineteenth
century and was
once known as
'The largest
mining village
in the world'.
Though, like
nearly all of
the other mining
towns and
villages in
Northumberland,
this activity
has long since
died it is still
proudly
remembered at
the fascinating
Woodhorn
Colliery Museum.
As well as a
wide range of
shops and the
Tuesday market,
Ashington also
boasts not one,
but two country
parks on its
doorstep. The
Wansbeck Country
Park from where
it is possible
to follow the
river all the
way to the sea
at Sandy Bay
where a host of
water sports are
available, and
the Queen
Elizabeth II
Country Park
with it's Park
Railway.
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