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Crosby beach (Blitz Beach)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea glassSea glass

Also reported: Brick, and shipwreck-era iron; the beach also holds Antony Gormley's Another Place statues..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Georgian to WWII

Beware fast incoming tides and soft sinking sand around the Gormley figures; the safe searching window is a couple of hours either side of low water.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Tidal foreshore, check tide times
soft mud and eroding ground in places.

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