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Shingle Bar, Wartime Ghosts and a Beach That Changed History Slapton Sands is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, best approached as a long shingle search rather than a single hotspot. Start at Torcross and work the latest strandline and lower shingle, then try the quieter central section around the memorial before finishing …
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 …
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, …
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 …