Lynemouth

{{For|the settlement in Devon|Lynmouth}}

{{For|the suburb of Lynmouth in New Plymouth, New Zealand|Lynmouth, New Zealand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Lynemouth

|coordinates = {{coord|55.2172|-1.5354|display=inline,title}}

|static_image_name = Market Square - geograph.org.uk - 1636492.jpg

|static_image_caption = Market Square, Lynemouth

|label_position = left

|population = 1,858

|population_ref=(2011 census){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126207&c=NE61+5SX&d=16&e=62&g=6453259&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435602050742&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=29 June 2015}}

|shire_district =

|region = North East England

|civil_parish = Lynemouth{{cite web |title=Lynemouth Parish Council |url=http://www.parish-council.com/lynemouth/index.asp |website=Lynemouth Parish Council |access-date=13 July 2021}}

|shire_county = Northumberland

|constituency_westminster= North Northumberland

|post_town = MORPETH

|postcode_district = NE61

|postcode_area = NE

|dial_code =

|os_grid_reference = NZ295915

}}

Lynemouth is a village in Northumberland, England, {{convert|3|mi|0}} northeast of Ashington, close to the village of Ellington to the north west. It was built close to coal mines, including Lynemouth Colliery.

Lynemouth and the surrounding industrial area featured in the 1985 docudrama Seacoal about the seacoalers who made a living from collecting waste coal from the beach. A series of photographs in the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award–winning"[http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/gallery/2014/jul/22/chris-killip-skinningrove/ Chris Killip: Skinningrove: A film by Michael Almereyda]", New York Review of Books, 22 July 2014. Accessed 27 November 2014. book In Flagrante (1988) by Chris Killip shows the work and life of the seacoalers;Gerry Badger, Chris Killip (London: Phaidon, 2001; {{ISBN|0-7148-4028-9}}), pp. 72–89. more were published in 2011 in the book Seacoal.Chris Killip, Seacoal (Göttingen: Steidl, 2011; {{ISBN|3-86930-256-9}}).

To the south of the village is the former Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter, now closed, and Lynemouth Power Station.