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Two Lighthouses, Three Beaches, One of the Best Days Out Near Bristol Portishead is a good sea glass hunting destination, with Black Nore the strongest of the three beaches and Woodhill Bay and Sugar Loaf making useful stops along the way. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and …
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 tides. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and …
A Medieval Harbour with Six Centuries of Trade in the Shingle Port Isaac is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the harbour shingle, slipway, rock pools and pier bases exposed at lower tides. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, cobalt, black, lavender, pink and yellow also reported. …
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 …
Shingle Bar, Wartime Ghosts and a Beach That Changed History Slapton Sands can be worth hunting for sea glass, especially along the strandline and lower shingle exposed as the tide falls. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber and occasional rarer colours also reported. It is a fair rather …
The Durham Coast’s Quieter Shore Crimdon Dene can be worth hunting for sea glass, particularly around the pebble patches, rock pools and dene mouth at the northern end of the beach. Green, white and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. It is a quieter, …
Northumberland’s Hidden Gem Boulmer is one of Northumberland’s stronger sea glass hunting beaches, especially for experienced hunters who time a visit around lower tides. The reef edges, rock pools, and pebble ridges can produce well-frosted green, brown, and white glass, with blue, aqua, turquoise, cobalt, black, and pink among the rarer finds reported here. Today …
Smugglers, Fossils and Frosted Glass Robin Hood’s Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky reefs, rock pools and shingle exposed at lower tides. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, cobalt, black and lavender also reported. It’s not as prolific as Seaham, but the …
Captain Cook’s Village and the Dinosaur Coast Staithes is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the harbour, beck mouth and rocky foreshore exposed at lower tides. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black and lavender also reported. It’s a small, characterful beach where patient …
Britain’s Best Beach Has a Secret Runswick Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky eastern end towards Kettleness, where boulder fields, rock pools and cave entrances are exposed at lower tides. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black and lavender also …