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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 …
Britain’s First Seaside Resort Scarborough North Bay is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rocky northern end near Scalby Mills and the Sea Life Centre. White, green, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, and lavender among the rarer …
Britain’s Best Beach Has a Secret Runswick Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly away from the sandy centre where rock pools, boulder fields and rougher foreshore appear towards Hob Holes and Kettleness as the tide falls. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing …
Yorkshire’s Victorian Treasure Coast Saltburn is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially east of the pier where the broad sandy beach gives way to rougher pebble and shingle below Huntcliff. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and red …
The Old Town Shore Hartlepool Headland is worth hunting for sea glass, especially along North Sands and around Middleton Beach. North Sands is the main target, with a huge low-tide foreshore broken up by old pipes, rubble and industrial remains, while Middleton adds a smaller historic dumping-ground hunt. Green, brown and white are the everyday …
The Gem of the Norfolk Coast Cromer is a fair sea glass hunting beach, with the best ground usually east of the pier where the sandy beach gives way to shingle, chalk and rougher foreshore. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, …
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 …
Hunting in the Shadow of St Michael’s Mount Marazion is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around East Beach, Chapel Rock, the harbour-side rock pools and the pebble sections exposed towards lower tide. Green, white and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber and turquoise appearing occasionally and cobalt blue, black, …
Cornwall’s Industrial Port and the Glass It Left Behind . Portreath is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the harbour wall, tidal pool margins, western rock pockets and Smuggler’s Cove at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, …