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Summer dog bans lift on 1 October at many UK beaches. Here’s where to take your dog hunting this autumn, and where you never have to stop. If you hunt with a dog, summer is a juggling act. Half the best-known beaches on the coast put their main stretches off-limits from May to September, and …
Tudor Shingle and North Sea Gold Aldeburgh is a good sea glass hunting beach, with the long shingle north of town towards Thorpeness the main target and the Slaughden stretch south of town a useful secondary hunt. Work the latest wrack line, lower pebble ridges and temporary hollows rather than trying to search the whole …
The Scottish Borders’ Best Kept Secret Coldingham Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, with the rocky northern end around The Kip the main target and the southern rocks below Yellow Craig a useful second zone. Ignore most of the broad sandy centre and concentrate on rock gullies, shingle-filled crevices, pebble pockets and the …
Where Henry Tudor Landed, and the Smugglers Did Business Dale is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, with the best areas around the shingle-and-sand transition zones, the southern end of the bay and the pebble pockets beside the harbour structures. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber …
A Coal Port’s Long Goodbye Saundersfoot is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the harbour margins, Glen Beach and the rockier sections towards Coppet Hall. Start around the harbour edges and pebble pockets, then work the strandline and harder substrate rather than the broad sandy centre. Green, brown and white are the most …
Dinosaurs, Shipwrecks and a Wild Channel Shore Compton Bay is a fair but fascinating sea glass hunting beach, with the pebble interruptions and sandstone ledges around Hanover Point the main target and the pebblier stretch towards Compton Chine worth checking as a second zone. Green, white, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, …
Suffolk’s Wild Shingle Secret Walberswick is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the shingle ridge south of the River Blyth. Start around the river-mouth gravel and upper wrack line, then work the hollows between larger pebbles and the shingle-to-sand transition as you move south towards Dunwich. Green, brown and white are the most …
Where the Cliffs Give Up Their Secrets Walton-on-the-Naze is a good sea glass hunting beach, with the strongest stretch north of the Naze Tower towards Pennyhole Bay. Work the strandline, darker pebble ridges and denser shingle pockets as the tide falls, especially after stronger north-easterly weather has reworked the foreshore. White, green and brown are …
Under the Broadchurch Cliffs West Bay is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, with the strongest areas around the harbour mouth and the shingle of East Beach. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua and amber appearing occasionally and turquoise, cobalt blue, black, lavender and red among the …
Purbeck Stone, Victorian Ballast and a Harbour Shore Swanage is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, with Monkey Beach between the Victorian pier and old stone quay the best place to start. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, …