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Where the Cliffs Give Up Their Secrets Charmouth is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially on East Beach towards Black Ven, where old cliff-fall boulders, pebble ridges and strandlines can trap glass and pottery linked to the area’s historic clifftop dump. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, …
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, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also …
Under the Broadchurch Cliffs West Bay is a fair but worthwhile sea glass hunting beach, with the best finds usually concentrated around the harbour mouth and the shingle of East Beach. Green, brown and white are the most common colours, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black, lavender and occasional red also reported. It’s not …
Where the Cliffs Give Up Their Secrets Walton-on-the-Naze is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially north of the Naze Tower towards Pennyhole Bay, where pebble ridges, strandlines and the actively eroding foreshore can reveal glass, pottery and fossils. White, green and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, amber, turquoise, cobalt, black, …
Tudor Shingle and North Sea Gold Aldeburgh is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially on the quieter shingle north of town towards Thorpeness. Green, brown, and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and amber appearing occasionally, and turquoise, cobalt blue, black, and lavender among the rarer colours reported. The town beach …
Suffolk’s Wild Shingle Secret Walberswick is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially along the shingle ridge south of the River Blyth towards Dunwich. 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 rarer colours reported. It’s a beginner-friendly, …
Dinosaurs, Shipwrecks and a Wild Channel Shore Today at Compton Bay Check below for the latest ShoreSense score. Scroll down for your full 7-day forecast Best For: Why Compton Bay – where 125 million years of history meet the Channel There are beaches where sea glass is the whole story. Compton Bay is not one …
Southern Exposure on the Island’s Sunniest Shore Ventnor is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting beach, especially around the rocky margins at either end of the bay and the shingle beside Ventnor Haven. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua and amber appearing occasionally and turquoise, cobalt blue, black, …
East Coast Beaches from Ramsey to Port Erin Why the Isle of Man deserves a place on your sea glass map The Isle of Man isn’t the first name on most sea glass hunters’ lists. But it should be. Sitting in the middle of the Irish Sea, roughly equidistant between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, …
A Sea Glass Road Trip from Saundersfoot to Wisemans Bridge Why this road trip – two beaches, three tunnels and a century of coal The stretch of coast between Saundersfoot and Wisemans Bridge is one of the most layered pieces of industrial landscape in Wales, and most visitors walk straight past it without knowing what …