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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, …
Gothic Skies, Abbey Views and Frosted Glass Whitby is a good sea glass hunting destination, especially at Tate Hill Beach and along the shoreline towards Sandsend. White, green and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, cobalt, black, lavender, red and pink also reported. Tate Hill is the more concentrated hunt, while …
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 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 …
Rare Colours in the East Neuk Crail is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially for patient hunters searching the rocky lower shore around Roome Bay. Most finds are small, well-frosted pieces in green, white and brown, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black and lavender also reported. Crail is particularly interesting for micro sea …
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 …
History Washed Ashore Alnmouth is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky northern end, the estuary margins and the strandline after rougher weather. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber and occasional rarer colours also reported. It’s a reliable rather than prolific beach, but its estuary …
Coal, Cobbles and a Cracking Bay Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rocky foreshore below the golf club between Church Point and Beacon Point. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. The rocky shelves and boulder …
Hunting Below the Glass Capital of England Marsden Beach is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rock pools, pebble pockets and cave entrances exposed around Marsden Rock at lower tides. Green, white and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. …
The North East’s Underrated Glass Beach Whitley Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, particularly around the rocky sections towards St Mary’s Island and Cullercoats rather than the central sandy bay. White, green, brown and amber are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. It’s an …