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Sandy Cove, Palmerston Forts and Five Centuries of Naval History Bovisand is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rock-pool margins, coarser shingle at the back of the cove and the old landing-stage area exposed at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, …
A Medieval Harbour with Six Centuries of Trade in the Shingle Port Isaac is a fair but atmospheric sea glass hunting spot, especially around the harbour-side shingle, slipway edges and rocky pockets exposed as the tide falls. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and cobalt …
An Ancient Port with Centuries of History in the Shingle Watchet is a good sea glass hunting beach for intermediate hunters, especially on the rocky foreshore immediately east of the harbour and across the wider shingle-and-rock shelves exposed at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and …
Victorian Pebble Ridge and Atlantic Swell Westward Ho! is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the southern rock pools, shingle pockets at the base of the pebble ridge, and the quieter Northam Burrows end. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt …
Silver Mines, Smugglers and Two of North Devon’s Quietest Beaches Combe Martin and nearby Hele Bay are both worth hunting for sea glass, with the best ground around Hele Bay’s shingle and rock pools, the rocky margins towards Blythes Cove and the pebble-and-crevice terrain at Newberry Beach. Green, brown and white are the most common …
Hunting in the Shadow of St Michael’s Mount Marazion is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around East Beach, Chapel Rock, the harbour-side rock pools and the pebble sections exposed towards lower tide. Green, white and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber and turquoise appearing occasionally and cobalt blue, black, …
Atlantic Storm Glass on the North Cornwall Coast Porthtowan is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the tidal rock pool, rocky margins, cave entrances and mixed shingle exposed at lower water. Green, white, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, …
Cornwall’s Industrial Port and the Glass It Left Behind . Portreath is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the harbour wall, tidal pool margins, western rock pockets and Smuggler’s Cove at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, …
Slate Cliffs, a Vanishing Beach and Glass from a Working Heritage Coast Trebarwith Strand is a good sea glass hunting beach for experienced hunters, especially around the slate rock platforms, crevices and rock-pool edges exposed at lower water. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black and …
Land’s End, a Fishing Harbour and the Rocky Road to Glass Sennen Cove is a good sea glass hunting beach, with the harbour rocks beside the slipway the area I’d prioritise first. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, and lavender …