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Edinburgh’s Industrial Shoreline Portobello is a fair but fascinating sea glass hunting beach, with the best ground around the Figgate Burn mouth, the wooden groynes and the rockier Joppa end. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and red among …
A Proper North-East Gem Stonehaven is a good sea glass hunting beach, with the strongest ground around the rocky Cowie end and the shingle banks near the Cowie and Carron Water mouths. Green, white, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and …
Britain’s First Seaside Resort Scarborough North Bay is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rocky northern end near Scalby Mills and the Sea Life Centre. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, and lavender among the rarer …
Britain’s Best Beach Has a Secret Runswick Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly away from the sandy centre where rock pools, boulder fields and rougher foreshore appear towards Hob Holes and Kettleness as the tide falls. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing …
Yorkshire’s Victorian Treasure Coast Saltburn is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially east of the pier where the broad sandy beach gives way to rougher pebble and shingle below Huntcliff. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and red …
Smugglers, Fossils and Frosted Glass Robin Hood’s Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky reefs, rock pools and shingle exposed at lower tides. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black and lavender also reported. It’s not as prolific as Seaham, but …
Northumberland’s Hidden Gem Boulmer is one of Northumberland’s stronger sea glass hunting beaches, especially for experienced hunters who work the reef edges, rock pools and pebble ridges around lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and turquoise, cobalt blue, black, and pink among the …
The Old Town Shore Hartlepool Headland is worth hunting for sea glass, especially along North Sands and around Middleton Beach. North Sands is the main target, with a huge low-tide foreshore broken up by old pipes, rubble and industrial remains, while Middleton adds a smaller historic dumping-ground hunt. Green, brown and white are the everyday …
Harbour Town, Shipwreck Cove and Three Beaches Worth Hunting Ilfracombe is a good sea glass hunting area, with three different beaches worth searching: Wildersmouth, Raparee Cove and Hele Bay. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, cobalt and occasional rarer colours also reported. Lower tides are especially useful because they …
The Gem of the Norfolk Coast Cromer is a fair sea glass hunting beach, with the best ground usually east of the pier where the sandy beach gives way to shingle, chalk and rougher foreshore. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, …