bottle digging
UK & Ireland
155 researched sites22 legal to collect
AberdeenTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Aberdeen: granite Dee-and-Don cityTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Abereiddy, PembrokeshireTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Askam-in-Furness: ironworks slag pierOld dump ground · Gray area
›AyrTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Ballycastle: Pans Rocks glassworks shoreTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Barnstaple: Taw estuary townTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Belfast: Lagan foreshoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Berwick-upon-Tweed: Tweed-mouth quaysRiverbank · Permission required
›Bideford: Torridge tobacco portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Blackrock, Co Louth: promenade sea glassTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Bo'ness: Forth shipbreaking foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Boston: Witham Fen portRiverbank · Permission required
›Boulmer, NorthumberlandTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Bowling Harbour hulks (Clyde)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Bray north beach landfill (CLOSED)Old dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›Bridgwater: Parrett brick-and-tile portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Bristol: Sea Mills, Trym mouth (Avon)Riverbank · Gray area
›Broseley: clay pipe town gardens and fieldsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Broughty Ferry beach (Tay)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Buckley: pottery-town waste moundsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Bulverhythe: Amsterdam wreck (look, don't touch)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Burntisland: Fife shipyard sandsTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Charmouth West Beach (Black Ven feed)Tidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Chester: Dee Roman walled cityRiverbank · Permission required
›Clyde: Newshot Island / Erskine boat graveyardTidal mudflat · Gray area
›Cobh (Queenstown): Cork Harbour emigrant portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Cork Harbour: Whitepoint / Passage WestTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Cramond / Almond mouth, EdinburghTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Crimdon: carnival-glass beachTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Crosby Blitz Beach (Hall Rd-Hightown)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Deadman's Island, The Swale (no landing)Tidal mudflat · Prohibited, look only
›Dell Quay: Chichester Harbour portTidal mudflat · Gray area
›Drogheda: Boyne quaysRiverbank · Permission required
›Dublin: Poolbeg / Shelly Banks / IrishtownTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Dumfries: Nith Solway townRiverbank · Permission required
›Dundalk: Castletown estuary townTidal foreshore · Permission required
›DundeeTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Dunwich: drowned medieval port beachTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›East Tilbury bottle beach (Coalhouse-Mucking)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Edinburgh: Leith/Granton/Seafield foreshoreTidal foreshore · Open
›FalmouthTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Faversham Creek & HollowshoreRiverbank · Gray area
›Galway: Corrib & CladdaghRiverbank · Permission required
›Glasgow / Central Scotland dumps + ClydeOld dump ground · Permission required
›Glenarm Bay, Co AntrimTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Gloucester UKRiverbank · Permission required
›Gloucester: Severn dock cityRiverbank · Permission required
›Goole: Ouse canal portRiverbank · Permission required
›Gravesend: lower-Thames foreshoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Great YarmouthTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Greenock / Port Glasgow shore (prospect)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Grimsby: Humber fishing portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Guernsey: Havelet Bay / Castle CornetTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Half Moon Bay, Heysham (Morecambe Bay)Tidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Hartlepool Headland (Block Sands)Tidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Hastings: Stade fishing beachTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Hayle: Copperhouse scoria slag shoreOld dump ground · Restricted
›Hull: Humber foreshoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Inverkeithing: shipbreakers' bay foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Jackfield: Severn bank tile and pottery wasteOld dump ground · Gray area
›Kimmeridge Bay, DorsetTidal foreshore · Gray area
›King's LynnTidal mudflat · Permission required
›King's Lynn: Great Ouse & WashTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Kinsale: harbour foreshoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Kirkcaldy: Pathhead Sands / SeafieldTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Lamberhurst: HER-recorded bottle dump, KentOld dump ground · Permission required
›Leigh-on-Sea: Two Tree Island tip foreshoreOld dump ground · Restricted
›Limerick: Shannon quaysRiverbank · Permission required
›Lincoln: Brayford Pool & WithamRiverbank · Permission required
›Liverpool: Cast Iron Shore & OtterspoolTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Liverpool: Otterspool promenade tip shoreOld dump ground · Gray area
›Lydney Harbour, Forest of DeanTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Lyme Regis: The Spittles tip erosionTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Maldon: Hythe Quay barge shore (Blackwater)Riverbank · Gray area
›Maryport: Solway coal portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Medway estuary (Rochester/Chatham)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Minster Leas, Isle of SheppeyTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Moray coast tips: Nairn to HopemanTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Morfa Conwy: Victorian tip beachTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Morrison's Haven / PrestongrangeTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Mundesley, NorfolkTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Nantgarw: China Works waste tips (museum)Old dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›New Brighton: Mersey-mouth resort beachTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›New Ross: Barrow inland portRiverbank · Permission required
›Newport: Severn-shore Victorian estuary dumpTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Newport: Usk mud & PillgwenllyRiverbank · Permission required
›Penzance: Mount's Bay portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Perth: Tay quaysRiverbank · Permission required
›Pin Mill barge graveyard, River OrwellTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Plymouth UKTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Poole: Baiter reclaimed shoreOld dump ground · Gray area
›Poole: Baiter reclaimed shore (Parkstone Bay)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Portishead: Battery Point (Bristol blue wash)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Portobello: Edinburgh resort sandsTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Portobello: pottery-town beach washTidal foreshore · Open
›Portsmouth UKTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Purton hulks (look, don't touch)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Robin Hood's Bay scaursTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Rothesay-Ascog shore, Isle of ButeTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Scarborough: spa & fishing harbourTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Seaham Hall Beach: Londonderry bottleworksTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Seaton Sluice: Royal Hartley Bottleworks shoreOld dump ground · Open
›Shrewsbury: Severn loop townRiverbank · Permission required
›Sittingbourne: Milton Creek brickfield ash shoreOld dump ground · Permission required
›Sligo: Finisklin legacy landfill (do not dig)Old dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›South Queensferry shore (Forth)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›SouthamptonTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Stevenston / Ardeer beach, AyrshireTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Stirling: Forth crossing townRiverbank · Permission required
›Stirling: Forth tidal headRiverbank · Permission required
›Stoke-on-Trent: Etruria canal shraff banksOld dump ground · Gray area
›Streedagh Strand: Armada wrecks (no touching)Tidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Sunderland: glass cityTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Swansea/Cardiff tipsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Swansea: Tawe copper portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames estuary: Crossness-Erith dump washTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thames estuary: Rainham-Coldharbour PointTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thames: Bankside (Tate Modern reach)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thames: Battersea reachTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Bermondsey Wall (below the Bridge)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Blackwall Reach & the IsleTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Brentford (Brent confluence)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Chelsea (Cadogan / Battersea Bridge)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Chiswick (Corney Reach)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Deptford (Creek & Dockyard reach)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Greenwich (ORNC foreshore)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thames: Isle of Dogs (Saunders Ness)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thames: Limehouse (Limekiln Dock)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Millbank / Westminster reachTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Putney reachTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Queenhithe dock (no-search zone)Tidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Thames: Rotherhithe (Cherry Garden reach)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thames: Vauxhall (foreshore)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Wandsworth (Wandle mouth)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thames: Wapping (Pelican / New Crane Stairs)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thames: Woolwich (Arsenal reach)Tidal foreshore · Permission required
›Topsham: Exe estuary Dutch-trade quayRiverbank · Gray area
›Truro: Cornish river-port cityTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Vartry River, Wicklow town (surface only)Riverbank · Restricted
›Waterford: Suir quaysRiverbank · Permission required
›Wexford: Slaney Norse harbour townTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Wexford: harbour mudflatsTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Weymouth: Georgian resort harbourTidal foreshore · Permission required
›WhitbyTidal foreshore · Permission required
›WhitehavenTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Whitehead-Carrickfergus shore, Belfast LoughTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Whitley Bay / St Mary's IslandTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Whitstable: oyster-town foreshoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Wick harbour / South Head, CaithnessTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Wigan & NW inland tips (permission scene)Old dump ground · Permission required
›Wisbech: Fenland Nene portRiverbank · Permission required
›Wootton Creek / Fishbourne, Isle of WightTidal mudflat · Permission required
›Yorkshire Victorian tips (Leeds/Sheffield belt)Old dump ground · Permission required
›Youghal: Blackwater-mouth quaysTidal foreshore · Permission required
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