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Rock Pools, Oil Shale and a 400-Year Glass Story Kimmeridge Bay is a fair but fascinating sea glass hunting beach, with the shingle near the slipway and the shale crevices, gravel pockets and rock-pool margins exposed at lower water the main targets. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua and …
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 …
Captain Cook’s Village and the Dinosaur Coast Staithes is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially around the harbour, Beck Mouth, and the rocky foreshore exposed at lower water. Start where Staithes Beck meets the harbour, then work the shingle and pebble beds across the small beach before checking the rock crevices and trapped pockets …
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, …
Hunting in the Shadow of the Forth Bridge South Queensferry is a good but challenging sea glass hunting spot, best suited to experienced hunters comfortable on uneven rocky foreshore. Start around Hawes Pier and the ledges beneath the Forth Bridge, then work east through the gullies, crevices and trapped shingle pockets exposed as the tide …
Beachcombing at the West Wight’s Best-Kept Secret Fort Victoria is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting beach, especially in the narrow shingle and gravel pockets east of the fort. Start on the strandline below the fort, then work the loose gravel between larger rocks as more foreshore opens, before continuing east towards Fort Albert …
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 …
Eocene Cliffs, Fossils and Channel Shingle Barton-on-Sea is a fair but rewarding sea glass hunting beach, especially if you combine it with fossil hunting. The best places to search are the shingle pockets between the rock groynes below Marine Drive East, working from the upper strandline through the mid-beach pebble bands as the tide falls. …
Highland Treasure in the Shadow of Glencoe Ballachulish is a good but challenging sea glass hunting spot, with the best ground along the rocky North Ballachulish shore west of the bridge. Green, white, and brown are the most common finds, with blue, aqua, and black appearing occasionally, and amber, turquoise, cobalt blue, and grey among …
Dark Sand, Blue Water and an Industrial Ghost Abereiddy is a good sea glass hunting beach, especially across the dark mid-beach shingle and lower slate foreshore exposed as the tide falls. Green, brown and white are the most common finds, with blue, aqua and amber appearing occasionally and cobalt blue, black, red and orange among …