Dawdon

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Dawdon
Lumps of coal among the rocks on Dawdon Blast Beach
Dawdon Location within County Durham
Population	7,220 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	NZ433484
Civil parish	Seaham
Unitary authority	County Durham
Ceremonial county	Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SEAHAM
Postcode district	SR7
Dialling code	0191
Police	Durham
Fire	County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Easington
List of places UK England County Durham 54°49′44″N 1°19′37″W / 54.829°N 1.327°W / 54.829; -1.327

Dawdon is a former pit community to the south of Seaham, County Durham, England. An area of the beach near Dawdon (known locally as "the Blast", a former waste coal dumping site) was used in the opening scenes of the science fiction film Alien 3.^[2]