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Where the Iron Men Watch You Hunt Crosby Beach is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially north of the main Another Place sculptures, where Blitz rubble, shingle and architectural debris create a completely different hunting environment from the open sand farther south. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, …
History Washed Ashore Alnmouth is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky northern end, the estuary margins and the strandline after rougher weather. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber and occasional rarer colours also reported. It’s a reliable rather than prolific beach, but its estuary …
Coal, Cobbles and a Cracking Bay Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rocky foreshore below the golf club between Church Point and Beacon Point. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. The rocky shelves and boulder …
Hunting Below the Glass Capital of England Marsden Beach is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rock pools, pebble pockets and cave entrances exposed around Marsden Rock at lower tides. Green, white and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. …
The North East’s Underrated Glass Beach Whitley Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky sections towards St Mary’s Island and Cullercoats rather than the central sandy bay. White, green, brown and amber are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. It’s an …
Where English Glassmaking Began Roker and Seaburn are good sea glass hunting beaches, with the best hunting concentrated around the lower foreshore at Roker Pier, the rocky section at Seaburn’s Cat and Dog steps, and the quieter stretch towards South Bents. Green, white, brown and pale blue are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, …
The Durham Coast’s Dark Horse Blackhall Rocks is a good sea glass hunting beach for more experienced hunters, especially around the cave mouths, rock pools and trapped shingle exposed at lower tides. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and rarer colours including cobalt, black, lavender, red, and yellow also …
Gyllyngvase, Swanpool and Maenporth Falmouth is a good area for sea glass hunting, especially if you treat Gyllyngvase, Swanpool and Maenporth as one three-beach route. Start with the rocky margins and rock pools at Gyllyngvase, check the shingle bar and rock edges at Swanpool, then spend the most time at Maenporth around its rock pools, …
Mammoths, Chalk Reefs and Hidden Treasure West Runton is a fair but fascinating sea glass hunting beach, especially around the chalk reef platforms and shingle pockets west of the slipway. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber and turquoise appearing occasionally and cobalt blue, black and lavender among the …
Where Suffolk’s Wild Edge Begins Pakefield is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially where Lowestoft’s managed sandy frontage gives way to rougher shingle and pebble foreshore. Start at the last wooden groyne and work south, concentrating on the upper shingle bank, wrack line and pebble pockets rather than the open sand. Green, brown, and …