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Fracked off: the beauty of north-east England – in pictures

Fracking: Pennine Way
Typical Teesdale 'desolation': 'Part of the Pennine Way, near Middleton-in-Teesdale'
Photograph: PhilGates via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Rough sea at Amble
Rough sea at Amble: 'It's rough up north – the sea, that is, when the wind blows'
Photograph: PeleMcAmble via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Bamburgh castle 31.7.13
Bamburgh castle
Photograph: rippa via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Cullercoats bay
Cullercoats Bay
Photograph: Pete Johnston via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Blooming Tynside
Blooming Tyneside: 'The beaches north of Newcastle are some of the best in England'
Photograph: linto via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Reflections on the Tyne
Reflections on the Tyne
Photograph: AlanHall via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Desolate North East
Desolate north-east
Photograph: eliza95 via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Sunderland
Sunderland: 'A city built on coal mining and shipbuilding, both taken away by a Conservative government in the early 1990s'
Photograph: Ian Burns via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Farne Islands
On a boat amongst the Farne Islands: 'This photograph was taken from a boat named Glad Tidings, last summer, among the Farne islands, off the coast of Seahouses. I was with my Saharawi friend, who grew up in the harshest corner of the Algerian desert and had moved to the UK four years before. He told me these islands were the most beautiful place he'd ever been'
Photograph: ID4046050 via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Fryup Dale, N Yorks
Fryup Dale, north Yorkshire
Photograph: MABeedle via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Tyne Bridge
Tyne Bridge: 'Although not a Geordie myself, my girlfriend is, so I've seen first-hand the emotions the Tyne Bridge evokes in a Geordie returning home (or 'hyem'). We have nothing remotely close in Leeds'
Photograph: DarrenDelonge via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Hexham Abbey
Hexham Abbey
Photograph: ScalloperJack via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Northumberland
Northumberland: 'This 'desolate' place is a mile from Cramlington, Northumberland'
Photograph: Patrick McArdle via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Penshaw Monument
Penshaw Monument: 'Penshaw Monument is a doric, tetrastyle folly built in 1844 on a hill between the districts of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring, in Sunderland. It is dedicated to John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham and the first governor of the Province of Canada'
Photograph: DarrenDelonge via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Prebends Bridge
Timeless treasure: 'A view that hasn't changed for (literally) centuries. View towards Prebends Bridge over the River Wear, in Durham'
Photograph: Quartus via GuardianWitness
Fracking: County Durham
High Force, County Durham
Photograph: KayGrieves via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Roseberry Topping
Roseberry Topping
Photograph: _CleverGirl_ via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Sunset on Aln Estuary
Sunset on Aln Estuary
Photograph: Bazzil via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Sunrise at the pier
Sunrise at the pier
Photograph: Trevorridley via GuardianWitness
Fracking: The Angel
The Angel of the North
Photograph: ID420739 via GuardianWitness
Fracking: Whitby Abbey at sunrise
Whitby Abbey at sunrise
Photograph: PhotographerND via GuardianWitness
Fracking: spring bluebells
Enjoying the spring bluebells in the desolate north-east
Photograph: Jamie Picken via GuardianWitness
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