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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 …
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 …
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 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, …
The Antrim Coast’s Hidden Gem Glenarm is a good beginner-friendly sea glass beach, especially around the river mouth and harbour end where pebble ridges, wet shingle and small current-fed pockets give you the best places to search. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with pale blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, …
The Ironstone Shore Skinningrove is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the shingle patches and rock pools on the village side of the old ironstone jetty. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender, red and pink also reported. It’s a quiet, beginner-friendly beach …
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, …
On the Trail of Portland Glass Stevenston Beach is a fair but interesting sea glass hunting beach, especially along the southern stretch towards Irvine and across the wet foreshore exposed as the tide falls. White, green and brown are the most common finds, with amber, blue, aqua, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also …
The South East’s Estuary Secret Minster Leas is a good beginner-friendly sea glass hunting beach, especially around the groynes and upper shingle strandline on the Isle of Sheppey. White, pale green, and pale aqua are the most common finds, with blue, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, red, pink, and orange …