Seaton Common ‘Steel River Curlew’
Steve Tomlinson
This weathering steel ‘Tidal Curlew’ reflects how local industry and nature now live side by side.
The curlew symbolises all the birds that make their home next to a heavy industrial area.
Weathering (Corten) steel forms an oxide coating over the first few weeks, changing colour from steel to orange and then finally to brown.
How it works
use the map to find the sculpture
Take a rubbing from the steel plaque in the passport booklet
post a picture of your rubbing or a selfie with the sculpture
How many can you collect?
Care to share?
Upload your photos to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. #teessculpturetrail
North Gare
Did you Know?
Seaton Common covers approximately 75 hectares and it is a wet grassland which attracts vast numbers of over-wintering migrant birds and as a breeding ground for birds in the summer months. The Common holds much historical interest including the relics of the once thriving salt industry
Visit the RSPB Saltholme website to discover more about the birds that visit our Estuary;
Gallery - Steel River Curlew
images by Chris Chapman Visuals
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