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Holy Wells, Ancient Dunes and One of Cornwall’s Easiest Glass Hunts Holywell Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the shingle patches, northern rock pools and cave area exposed at lower tides. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, cobalt, black and lavender also reported. Today at …
Pilchards, Painters and a Thousand Years of Maritime Waste St Ives Harbour is a good sea glass hunting spot, especially if you treat the area as three separate hunts: the main Harbour Beach strandline, the rockier Bamaluz cove and the shingle and rock pockets around Smeaton’s Pier. Green, brown, and white are the most common …
Hunting Above 400 Years of Industry Prestonpans sits beside one of Scotland’s most important historic industrial landscapes. Morrison’s Haven, Prestongrange glassworks, pottery, coal mining, brickmaking and centuries of harbour activity provide unusually strong historical context and several plausible sources for some of the glass and ceramics found along this shoreline today. Proving the exact origin …
Scotland’s North Sea Gem Cullen Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky eastern end near the harbour, car park and Three Kings sea stacks. White, green and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black and lavender also reported. It’s an accessible beach with lots …
Europe’s Biggest Fishing Fleet and a Thousand Years of Glass Hastings is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around Rock-a-Nore and the Stade at the eastern end of the seafront. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with aqua, blue, amber and turquoise appearing occasionally and cobalt blue, black, lavender and red …
Where the Clyde Does the Work for You Wemyss Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the rocky ledges on either side of the main shingle. White, green, brown and amber are the most common finds, with blue, aqua and turquoise turning up occasionally. It’s a small, compact beach where careful searching …
The Silted Harbour and the Sea Pottery Beach Pentewan is better for sea pottery than sea glass. The best hunting is at the northern village end, around the old harbour, St Austell River mouth, shingle patches, and pebble pockets, rather than across the wide sandy beach to the south. White, green and brown are the …
The UK’s Best Glass Beach Seaham is one of the UK’s most famous sea glass hunting beaches and a must-visit for collectors, especially along the shingle, pebble banks and rocky pockets around the town’s exposed coastline. White, green and brown are common, but Seaham is best known for unusually colourful and multi-coloured pieces, including aqua, …
North East Sandy Shore with a Hidden History Seaton Carew can be worth hunting for sea glass, particularly around the pebblier northern end towards Hartlepool Harbour and Middleton Beach. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with amber, pale blue, cobalt and occasional red also reported. It’s a fair rather than prolific hunting …
Victorian Cliffs, Channel Glass and a Hidden Cove Folkestone is a good sea glass hunting destination, with Copt Point the standout spot for serious hunters and the main beach offering an easier alternative. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, …