There are a number of victorian/edwardian tips but now all sealed and on national trust or council land. Today they are landscaped and public recreational areas. No-go areas for diggers basically and you would not get permission. I remember there were some major ructions regarding bottle diggers at the Warkworth and Alnmouth tips at one time, to the point that they were being regularly patrolled by the police. Like most places today your only options are private land with permission, old farm dumps and the like.
Alnwick went through some sort of bottle digging mania in the 80s. Anyone involved / remember that? Were the dumps in the old stone quarries on the Rothbury road somewhere? The emerald green 'Smart Alnwick' codd bottles were a major incentive. They now change hands for £120 on ebay. I had a few of those. All sold off in my bottle digging youth (70s).
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