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Eocene Cliffs, Fossils and Channel Shingle Barton-on-Sea is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting beach, especially if you combine it with fossil hunting. The best places to search are the shingle pockets between the rock groynes below Marine Drive East, working from the upper strandline through the mid-beach pebble bands as the tide falls. …
Palmerston Forts, Royal Navy History and Solent Shingle Fort Gilkicker is worth trying for sea glass. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with occasional blue and aqua. Search the coarse shingle around the fort and work east towards the old pier around low tide, especially after rougher southwesterly weather. Best hunting stretch: …
Treasure Hunting on the Jurassic Coast Lyme Regis is a fair but fascinating sea glass hunting destination, with Monmouth Beach the main target and Church Cliff and East Cliff good alternatives around lower water. Green, white, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, …
Highland Treasure in the Shadow of Glencoe Ballachulish is a good but challenging sea glass hunting spot, with the best ground along the rocky North Ballachulish shore west of the bridge. Green, white, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and black appearing occasionally, and amber, turquoise, cobalt blue, and grey among …
Where Dolphins Hunt and History Runs Deep Chanonry Point is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the south-facing shingle on the Fortrose side of the point. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and turquoise, cobalt blue, and black among the rarer colours reported. …
The Jewel of the Moray Firth Lossiemouth is a good sea glass hunting destination, with West Beach the stronger of its two main beaches. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and black appearing occasionally, and turquoise, cobalt blue, and lavender among the rarer colours reported. Focus on the …
Dark Sand, Blue Water and an Industrial Ghost Abereiddy is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially across the dark mid-beach shingle and lower slate foreshore exposed as the tide falls. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua and amber appearing occasionally and cobalt blue, black, red and orange among …
Wales’s Victorian Tip Beach Morfa Beach in Conwy is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the shingle band and strandline below the former municipal tip. Green, brown, white and aqua are the most common finds, with blue, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender, pink and yellow also reported. It’s a more challenging hunt than …
Scotland’s North Sea Corner Fraserburgh is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the pebble ridges and strandline near the Esplanade and towards the quieter Philorth end of the bay. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and red …
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 …