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Coal Port, Bristol Channel and the Hidden Pebble Bay Porthcawl is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting area, with Pink Bay the standout spot rather than the main sandy surf beaches. Prioritise the steep pebble bank, sand-to-pebble transition, and rocky foreshore for green, brown, and white glass, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing …
Dylan Thomas’s Town and a Victorian Shipbuilder’s Shore New Quay is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting beach, with Dolau Beach and the harbour-wall margins the best places to search. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, and lavender among …
The Most Northerly Hunt in Wales Cemaes Bay is a good sea glass hunting beach, with Traeth Bach on the western side of the harbour the main place to search. Green, brown, white, and aqua are the most common finds, with blue, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue and black among the rarer …
Where Lead Ore and the Celtic Sea Left Their Mark Aberystwyth is a fair sea glass hunting destination, with the best ground around the castle headland, Harbour Beach and the rockier margins of North Beach. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, …
Six Centuries of Harbour Glass in a Medieval Town Tenby is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting destination, with the strongest ground around Castle Beach and the harbour margins exposed at lower water. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, …
Hunting the Shore of Copperopolis Bracelet Bay is a fair but interesting sea glass hunting beach, especially around the pebble band, limestone gullies and lower rocky foreshore exposed at bigger tides. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, and lavender among …
The Granite City’s Coastal Secret Aberdeen Beach is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the southern groyne bays near Footdee and the harbour. White, green, brown, and aqua are the most common finds, with blue, amber, and turquoise appearing occasionally, and cobalt blue, black, lavender, and grey among the rarer colours reported. It’s …
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 …
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 …