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UK & Ireland, England
New Brighton
Mersey-mouth resort beach
Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea glass
Sea pottery
Coins and tokensAlso reported: resort-era debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian pleasure resort at the Mersey mouth: 1867 pier, tower grounds and a century of trippers opposite the Liverpool docks
Resort and shipping history well documented; sea glass and pottery reports here are informal beachcomber accounts, not published finds
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Fast Mersey tides sweep around Fort Perch RockSoft sand patches toward Leasowe, do not wade off the training walls
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.