On the evening of 5 February 2004, at least 22 Chinese labourers were drowned by an incoming tide at Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, North West England, while illegally harvesting cockles off the coast.
An aerial image of the bay in 2007
Praying Shell, a 2013 sculpture by Anthony Padgett located near Red Bank Farm, on the edge of Morecambe Bay
Trident fishing gallaeus
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Morecambe Bay forms part of the Irish Sea, bordered by the English counties of Cumbria to the north and Lancashire to the east and south. It is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in t
Morecambe Bay cockling disaster
…On the evening of 5 February 2004, at least 22 Chinese labourers were drowned by an incoming tide at Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, North West England, while illegally harvesting cockles off the coast. Fifteen other labourers from the same group managed to return…
A panorama of most of Morecambe Bay looking from east (bottom of photo) to west (top of photo). Barrow-in-Furness and Walney Island can be seen in the upper part of the photo and Lancaster and Morecambe are visible in the lower left-hand corner of the photo.
Morecambe Bay from Ulverston
Rampside Gas Terminal
Morecambe Bay at low tide from Hest Bank, looking towards Grange-over-Sands