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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 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 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, …
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 …
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 …
Where English Glassmaking Began Roker and Seaburn are good sea glass hunting beaches, with the best hunting concentrated around the lower foreshore at Roker Pier, the rocky section at Seaburn’s Cat and Dog steps, and the quieter stretch towards South Bents. Green, white, brown and pale blue are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, …
The Durham Coast’s Dark Horse Blackhall Rocks is a good sea glass hunting beach for more experienced hunters, especially around the cave mouths, rock pools and trapped shingle exposed at lower tides. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and rarer colours including cobalt, black, lavender, red, and yellow also …
The Complete Guide to Northumberland and Durham Region: Northumberland, Tyneside and County DurhamBeaches covered: 11Best rated: Top (two of them)Coastline: North Sea The only region where the glass was made on purpose Everywhere else in Britain, sea glass is an accident. Bottles thrown overboard, crockery dumped as ballast, a century of ordinary rubbish worked smooth …